Beruflich Dokumente
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The Treasury Rules, Bengal and the Subsidiary Rules made thereunder were framed under section 135(1) of
the Government of India Act, 1935, and brought into force as from lst April 1937. With the commencement of the
Constitution of India, the rules framed under the Government of India Act, 1935, were continued in force, in so far
as they were not inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution, in the Finance Department notification-No.
3468F.B., dated the 31st March 1950, published in the Extraordinary Issue of the calcutta Gazette, dated 31st
March 1950.
2. The rules referred to above, with necessary adaptation and corrections issued up to May 1952 were
incorporated in the compilation of the Treasury Rules, West Bengal and the Subsidiary Rules made
thereunder which was issued in the year 1952 under sub-clause (2) of Article 283 of the constitution of
India. The present compilation supersedes the issue of the year 1952. All amendments issued up to 30th
November 1965 have been incorporated in it.
3. This compilation, like the cone which it supersedes, comprises two volumes the first contains
the text and the second contains the appendices and the forms.
The first volume is divided into three parts-
,
Part I contains Treasury Rules made by the Governor in exercise of the powers conferred upon him
by subclause (2) of Article 283 of the Constitution of India.
Part II contains Subsidiary Rules which were framed by the Finance Minister in consultation with
the Accountant General of the Reserve Bank of India, as the case may be, m exercise of the power
delegated to him under certain Treasury Rules.
Part III contains Executive Instructions and Orders for the guidance of the Treasury Officers in
relation to matters connected with resources, currency, coinage, and allied subjects which do not fall
strictly within the scope of sub-clause (2) of Articles 283 of the constitution of India.
The Treasury Rules, the Subsidiary Rules and the Executive Instructions and Orders appearing in Parts I, II
and III respectively have been given separate serial numbers, the Subsidiary Rules being marked with guide letters
S.R.
As the Resource Manual will not be issued as a separate publication in future, the rules and instructions contained
therein have been incorporated in this compilation, the portions relating to the custody of moneys and verification
of cash balances in t asuries being included in the Subsidiary Rules, under the relevant Treasury Rules, and the
residue dealing With resources, currency, coinage and allied subjects being included in Part III.
4. The rules contained in this volume deal primarily with the procedure which should be followed in treasuries,
including offices and agencies of the Reserve Bank of India conducting the cash business of treasuries, and by
Government Officers generally in dealing with treasuries and the bank. As regards receipt, custody and disbursement
of moneys in offices other than treasuries and the bank, these rules provide for vital principles and important safe-
guards of general applicability and special instructions applicable to particular departments which are to be the
basis of the latters procedure. Details of departmental instructions on matters of minor importance or on subject
special or peculiar to the department concerned have been left to be prescribed by departmental regulations. Formal
authorisation to prescribe the procedure in these matters or to make exceptions to general rules in specified cases
have been provided, where necessary, by means of rules in this compilation.
In regard to Central transactions, the rules laid down in the Central Government Compilation of the Treasury
Rules should be followed.
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5. With regard to the procedure to be followed by Treasury Officers in connection with payment of
interest on Government securities, repayment of principal of loans, receipt of subscriptions to new loans
and other transactions, the relevant rules laid down in the Government Securities Manual, 1938, will continue
to apply.
6. Existing instructions under some of the Treasury Rules have been brought together in one place and included
in a separate Appendix, viz., Appendix 3.
7. The appendices connected with Treasury and Subsidiary Rules have been given serial numbers,
while those referred to in the Executive Instructions and Orders have been serially marked with letters.
Likewise, to distinguish the forms prescribed in the Treasury Rules from the forms prescribed in the
Executive Instructions and Orders the. former have been marked as T.R forms and the latter as T .E.
forms.
8. For facility of reference, two concordances, one showing the source of each of the rules in Volume I and
the other showing the basis of each Appendix and form prescribed in Volume II, have been appended to the end
of Volume I of the Compilation. A memorandum explanatory to the treatment accorded to the rules appendices,
and forms in the Treasury Rules, West Bengal, is printed in Appendix 18.
9. The Accountant-General and Heads of Departments are requested to bring to the notice of the Finance
Department any suggestion for corrections or additions, that may be considered necessary.
J. L. KUNDU,
Commissioner and Financial Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal, Finance Department.
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Preface to the Second Edition
The West Bengal Treasury Rules and the Subsidiary Rules thereunder were last printed in 1970. Since
then there have been additions and amendments to the Rules and new classification of Heads. Account on
functional basis has been introduced with effect from lst April 1974. While reprinting these Rules, these
additions, amendments and changes have been incorporated in the volume.
The Accountant-General, West Bengal, and Heads of Departments are requested to bring to the notice of the
Finance Department any suggestion for corrections or additions that may be considered necessary.
CALCUTTA, S. R. DAS
The 25tk May 1977. Financial Commissioner and Secretary,
Finance Department, Government o f West Bengal.
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Preface to the Third Edition
The West Bengal Treasury Rules and the Subsidiary Rules thereunder were last printed in the year
1977. Since then and particularly during the last two decades, significant changes have taken place in the
functioning of treasuries in West Bengal. The major changes that have taken place are as mentioned below.
1. Conversion of all non-banking Treasuries into Banking Treasuries and introduction of the system
of payment through Cheques;
2. Upgradation of all the Sub-Treasuries into Treasuries and bifurcation of some big Treasuries into
independent Treasuries;
3. Payment of pension through Public Sector Banks;
4. Discontinuance of transactions of the Central Government through State Treasuries;
5. Dispensing with the system of Self-drawing of Bills by erstwhile Gazetted Officers;
6. Introduction of functional basis of accounts classification with 17/19-digit code for expenditure
and 14-digit code for Revenue Receipt and Public Accounts;
7. Setting up of the Internal Audit Department under Finance Department;
8. Setting up of the office of the Director of Treasuries and Accounts as nodal and controlling authority
in respect of treasury operations;
9. Setting up of the office of the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance as nodal
authority in respect of Sanction of Pension of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the aided
non-Government educational institutions as well as employees of local bodies;
10. Setting up of the Kolkata Pay and Accounts Offices for taking over the Treasury functions (except
the disbursement of pension) in Kolkata from the Office of Accountant General, West Bengal and
setting up of the Pension Disbursement Office for payment of pensions to the teaching and non-
teaching staff of the aided non-Government educational institutions in Kolkata;
11. Computerisation of Treasury functions.
Accordingly, it has been felt necessary to revise the Treasury Rules and the Subsidiary Rules
thereunder to make them compatible with these changes. This revision has led to the prescription of West
Bengal Treasury Rules, 2005, in which the Subsidiary Rules have been integrated.
The West Bengal Treasury Rules, 2005 have been published in the Extraordinary issue of the Kolkata
Gazette dated 14
th
. June, 2005. It comprises three parts; viz.,
Part I containing the Treasury Rules;
Part II containing Appendices connected with the Treasury Rules; and
Part III containing relevant Forms with reference to the Treasury Rules.
Suggestions for modification of the Rules from the Accountant-General, West Bengal, the Heads of
Departments and other users will be gratefully appreciated.
Kolkata, the 20
th
. June, 2005.
Samar Ghosh,
Principal Secy. to the Govt. of West Bengal
Finance Department.
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CONTENTS
Part-I- Rules
CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTORY
Description Rules Page
SECTION I.- Short title and commencement T.R.1.01to 1.03 1
SECTION II.- Definitions. T.R.1.04 2 - 3
SECTION III.- Location of moneys standing in
Government Accounts T.R.1.05 to 1.08 3
CHAPTER 2
GENERAL ORGANISATION AND CONTROL OVER WORKING OF TREASURIES.
SECTION I.- General organisation.
General T.R.2.01 to T.R.2.25 4 - 9
Collector-in-charge of Treasury. T.R.2.26 9
Treasury Officer. T.R.2.27 to T.R.2.28 9
Relation with the Accountant General. T.R.2.29 9 - 10
Accountant. T.R.2.30 10
SECTION II. - Treasury Accounts and Returns
Accountants Book T.R.2.31 to T.R.2.32 10 - 11
Closing for the day T.R.2.33 11 - 13
Closing for the month T.R.2.34 13 - 14
Monthly Accounts and Returns. T.R.2.35 to T.R.2.38 14 - 15
SECTION III. - Miscellaneous Provisions
Deposit of Cash Chests and Valuables
etc., of other Departments in the Treasury T.R.2.39 to T.R.2.41 15 - 17
Security of Strong Rooms T.R.2.42 17
Custody of Padlocks and keys of the treasury
Strong rooms and chests T.R.2.43 18
CHAPTER 3
RECIEPTS AND DEPOSIT OF MONEY INTO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION I. General Principles
General T.R.3.01 to T.R.3.09 19 - 23
Issue of Duplicate or Copies of Receipts. T.R.3.10 23 - 24
Departmental Regulations T.R.3.11 24
Payment of Money. T.R.3.12 to T.R3.14 24
Special Procedure applicable to
particular Departments. T.R.3.15 24
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CHAPTER 4
WITHDRAWAL OF MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT
Description Rules Page
SECTION I. - General principles. T.R.4.001to T.R.4.019 25 - 28
SECTION II. - Procedure for Withdrawal
Mode of withdrawal. T.R.4.020 28
Presentation of claims. T.R.4.021to T.R.4.023 28 - 29
Arrear claims. T.R.4.024 29 - 31
General instructions regarding the
preparation and form of bills T.R.4.025 to T.R.4.026 31 - 33
Signature and countersignature on bills. T.R.4.027to T.R.4.030 33 - 34
Duplicates and copies of bills etc. T.R.4.031 34
Stamps for receipts. T.R.4.032 34
Cheques T.R.4.033 to T.R.4.051 34 - 37
Letters of credit, assignments and
other orders for payments. T.R.4.052to T.R.4.054 37 - 38
Endorsement on cheques, bills etc. T.R.4.055 38 - 39
Specimen signature and other safeguards. T.R.4.056 to T.R.4.058 39
SECTION III. - Payments of claims at the Treasury
Checks to be applied at the Treasury T.R.4.059 to T.R.4.064 40 - 41
on claims presented.
Payments by Postal Money Order. T.R.4.065 to T.R.4.066 41
SECTION IV. - Personal claims of Government Employees
Due date T.R.4.067 to T.R.4.069 41 - 42
Presentation of bills to treasury T.R.4.070 42
Fund deductions T.R.4.071 42
Deductions of taxes on income T.R.4.072 43
House rent deductions T.R.4.073 43
Recoveries ordered by the
Accountant-General, West Bengal T.R.4.074 43
Attachment of pay and allowance,
etc., for Debt T.R.4.075 to T.R.4.077 43 - 45
Procedure for recovery arising from
attachment orders and remittance
to the court T.R.4.078 to T.R.4.080 45 - 46
First payment of pay, allowances, etc. T.R.4.081 46 - 47
Payment on quitting the service. T.R.4.082 47
Death of payee. T.R.4.083 to T.R.4.084 47 - 48
Place of payment of pay and allowances. T.R.4.085 to T.R.4.087 48
Leave salary. T.R.4.088 48 - 49
Pay due to Government employee
absent out of India. T.R.4.089 49
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Pay and allowances. T.R.4.090 49 - 50
Leave salary through agents T.R.4.091 to T.R.4.092 50
Introductory to preparation of bills T.R.4.093 51
Monthly bills T.R.4.094 51
Form and Preparation of bills T.R.4.095 to T.R.4.098 51
Absentee statement T.R.4.099 to T.R.4.100 51 - 52
Increment certificate T.R.4.101to T.R.4.103 52
Traveling allowances bill T.R.4.104 to T.R.4.106 52 - 53
Cost of medical treatment T.R.4.107 53
SECTION V. - Contingent charges
General T.R.4.108 to T.R.4.110 53
Classification of charges T.R.4.111 to T.R.4.113 54
Permanent advances T.R.4.114 54
General limitations T.R.4.115 to T.R.4.120 55
Responsibility of Drawing and
Disbursing Officers T.R.4.121 55 - 56
Responsibility of Controlling Officer T.R.4.122 56
Cancellation and destruction
of sub-vouchers T.R.4.123 to T.R.4.124 56
Contingent Register T.R.4.125 to T.R.4.128 57
General instructions T.R.4.129 to T.R.4.134 57 - 58
Fully vouched Contingent Charges T.R.4.135 58 - 59
Charges regulated by Scales and T.R.4.136 to T.R.4.138 59 - 61
Special Contingencies
Interdepartmental Transactions T.R.4.139 61
Service postage stamps T.R.4.140 61
SECTION VI. - Payments for purchase of stores
Introductory T.R.4.141 to T.R.4.142 62
Purchases in India T.R.4.143 to T.R.4.146 62
SECTION VII. -Works Expenditure
General T.R.4.147 63
Mode of obtaining cash T.R.4.148 to T.R.4.151 63 - 64
Payments to Labourers T.R.4.152 64
Payments to Work-charged Establishment T.R.4.153 to T.R.4.155 64
Payments to Suppliers and Contractors T.R.4.156 65
Payments for Works done through
Local Bodies T.R.4.157 65
Advances to Contractors T.R.4.158 65
Bills and Vouchers T.R.4.159 65
SECTION VIII. - Payment of Pension T.R.4.160 to T.R.4.193 65 - 74
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Description Rules Page
SECTION IX. - Grant-in-aid
Grant-in-aid, Contributions, etc. T.R.4.194 to T.R.4.198 75 - 76
SECTION X. - Refund of Revenue
Refunds of revenue T.R.4.199 to T.R.4.203 76 - 77
SECTION XI. - Public Debt
Interest on Government Debt T.R.4.204 78
Government Promissory Notes T.R.4.205 78
Bearer Bonds T.R.4.206 78
Stock Certificates T.R.4.207 78
Repayment of Principal T.R.4.208 to T.R.4.210 78
Treasury Bills T.R.4.211 to T.R.4.212 78
Ways and Means Advances T.R.4.213 to T.R.4.215 78 - 79
SECTION XII. Miscellaneous
Compensation for Land T.R.4.216 79
Discount on stamps T.R.4.217 79
Payments to the Reserve Bank T.R.4.218 79 - 80
Commissions and Committees T.R.4.219 80
Expenditure against Grants at the
disposal of an administrative T.R.4.220 to T.R.4.223 80
Department of the Government
Investment by Government T.R.4.224 80
CHAPTER 5
LOANS AND ADVANCES
SECTION I. General
Introductory T.R.5.01 81
Mode of drawing and repaying T.R.5.02 to T.R.5.04 81
SECTION II. - Special Rules for Different
Classes of Loans and Advances
Loans to Municipalities, Panchayat etc., T.R.5.05 81
Revenue advances T.R.5.06 to T.R.5.07 82
Advances under Special Laws T.R.5.08 82
Advances for Departmental Purposes T.R.5.09 82 - 83
Advances to Government Employees
on Personal Account T.R.5.10 83
Other loans and advances T.R.5.11 83
Investment of surplus cash
balances of the State Government T.R.5.12 83
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CHAPTER 6
DEPOSITS
Description Rules Page
SECTION I. Introductory T.R.6.01 to T.R.6.02 84
SECTION II. - General Rules and Limitations T.R.6.03 to T.R.6.09 84 - 88
SECTION III. - Revenue Deposit
Receipts T.R.6.10 to T.R.6.11 88
Repayments T.R.6.12 88 - 89
Repayment Order and Voucher T.R.6.13 to T.R.6.15 89 - 90
Lapsed Deposits T.R.6.16 to T.R.6.19 90 - 91
SECTION IV. Civil and Criminal Courts Deposits
Receipts and Repayments T.R.6.20 to T.R.6.22 91 - 92
Agreement with the Treasury T.R.6.23 92
Deposit Payments T.R.6.24 to T.R.6.25 92 - 93
SECTION V. - Deposits for works done for public
bodies or individuals. T.R.6.26 to T.R.6.27 93
SECTION VI. - Deposits of Fees. T.R.6.28 93 - 94
SECTION VII. -Special Rules for Deposits of Local Funds.
Explanation T.R.6.29 95
Receipts and Payments T.R.6.30 to T.R.6.33 95
Verification of Balances T.R.6.34 95
Deposits and Local Fund Receipts T.R.6.35 95
SECTION VIII. - Other Deposit Accounts. T.R.6.36 96
SECTION IX. - Provident and Other Funds.
Recovery of subscriptions, etc. T.R.6.37 to T.R.6.40 96 - 97
Provident Funds Withdrawals T.R.6.41 to T.R.6.44 97 - 98
Funds not under Government
Management T.R.6.45 to T.R.6.49 98 - 99
CHAPTER 7
INTER- TREASURY AND INTER- GOVERNMENT TRANSACTIONS.
SECTION I. - Inter-Treasury Transaction. T.R.7.01 to T.R.7.02 100
SECTION II. - Inter-Government Transaction. T.R.7.03 to T.R.7.12 100 - 101
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Description Rules Page
CHAPTER 8
RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONEYS WITHDRAWN FROM GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTS.
SECTION I.- Responsibility of the Treasury Officer /
Pay and Accounts Officer, Kolkata.
General T.R.8.01 to T.R.8.04 102
Voucher for Payment T.R.8.05 to T.R.8.11 102 - 103
Overcharges T.R.8.12 104
Audit Objections and recoveries T.R.8.13 to T.R.8.16 104 - 105
Disbursements of Pay and
Allowances Acquittance Rolls T.R.8.17 105
CHAPTER 9
SUPPLEMENTAL
SECTION I.- Mandate of the Constitutional Authority T.R.9.01 to T.R.9.03. 106
SECTION II.- Departmental Regulation. T.R.9.04 106
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Part-II
LIST OF APPENDICES
Description Rules Page
APPENDIX 1 - Agreement between the Governor of 107 - 111
Bengal and the Reserve Bank of India
APPENDIX 2 - Directions in terms of Paragraph 2 of the 112
Agreement between the Governor of
West Bengal and the Reserve Bank or India
APPENDIX 3 Lists of Treasuries in West Bengal. 113 - 138
APPENDIX 4 - Detailed Rules for inspection of Treasuries
APPENDIX 4 Detailed Rules for inspection of Treasury 139 - 149
APPENDIX 5 Special Rules for (i) P.W.Directorate, 150 - 154
(ii) I.& W.Directorate and other Directorates
executing Public Works and (iii) Forest Directorate
APPENDIX 6 - Rules regarding receipt, custody and delivery of 155 - 156
duplicate keys deposited into Treasury by the
Branch Manager of a Branch of a Public Sector Bank.
APPENDIX 7 - Rules for Safe Custody of non-Treasury padlocks and 157
keys and duplicate keys of such locks
APPENDIX 8 - Rules for Secret Service Expenditure 158
APPENDIX 9 - Different Classes of Receipts exempt from Stamp Duty 159 - 160
APPENDIX 10 -Rules for Payment by Cheques in Treasuries/ 161 - 215
Pay and Accounts Offices.
APPENDIX 11 - Procedure for payment to Examiners and 216
Printers and for meeting legal expenses by the
Public Service Commission, West Bengal
APPENDIX 12 - Rules for the payment of compensation for land 217 - 229
acquired under the Land Acquisition Act
APPENDIX 13 - Rules for Commissions and Committees 230 - 231
APPENDIX 14 - Remittances facilities-conditions governing 232 - 244
issue of Drafts and Telegraphic transfer on
Government Account.
APPENDIX 15 - Rules for Payment of Pension to State 245 - 277
Government Pensioners etc., in Kolkata and Districts
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APPENDIX 16 - Period of preservation of certain records for treasuries 278 - 280
APPENDIX 17 -Preservation of records at the office 281
of the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal
APPENDIX-18 - Procedure for payment of principal amount 282 - 304
and/or interest on different Government
Securities & Bonds
APPENDIX 19 - West Bengal Disbursement of Salary to 305 - 313
Employees through Bank Rules, 2005.
APPENDIX-20 - Extract of Rules-for the supply and distribution of Stamp 314 - 320
APPENDIX-21 - Memorandum of Instructions on Accounting and 321 - 338
Reconciliation- State Government transactions
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Part-III
LIST OF FORMS
Description Rules Page
T. R. FORM NO. 1 Certificate of Transfer of Charge 339
T. R. FORM NO. 2 Statement of transactions on Government 340
Account at Reserve Bank/State Bank of India
T. R. FORM NO. 3 Register of valuables lodged for safe 341
custody in Treasury
T.R. FORM NO. 4 Register of Padlocks kept in the custody of 342
Treasury
T.R. FORM NO. 5 Accounts for Departmental Receipts 343
T.R. FORM NO. 6 Bill Transit Register 344
T.R. FORM NO. 7 Challan for Deposit of money in the 345 - 346
Government Account
T. R. FORM NO. 8 Letter of Credit 347
T.R. FORM NO. 9 Allotment / L.O.C. Register 348
T.R. FORM NO. 10 Schedule of Income Tax 349
deducted at source (TDS)
T.R. FORM NO. 11 Schedule of house rent, etc. 350
Recovery for occupation of government
accommodation, etc
T. R. FORM NO. 12 Statement of recovery under the West Bengal 351
State Tax on Professions, Trades, Callings and
Employments Act, 1979
T.R. FORM NO. 13 Last Pay Certificate 352 - 353
T. R. FORM NO. 14 Form of Bond of Indemnity for drawing 354 - 355
arrears of pay and allowances or pensions
of deceased Government employees or pensioners
T. R. FORM NO. 15 Register of Power of Attorney, Probates, Succession, 356
Certificates, etc.
T.R. FORM NO. 16 Bond of Indemnity 357
T.R.FORM NO. 17 Form of the bond of indemnity for 357 - 358
Drawing Pay, Pension, Annuities etc.
T.R. Form No.18: Pay Bill 359 - 360
T.R. FORM NO. 19 Absentee Statement 361
T.R. FORM NO. 20 Annual Increment Certificate 362
T.R. FORM NO. 21 Travelling Allowance Bill For Transfer 363 - 365
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T.R. FORM NO. 22 Leave Travel Concession Bill 366 - 368
T.R. FORM NO. 23 Travelling Allowance Bill For Tour 369 - 374
T.R. FORM NO. 24 Medical charges Reimbursement Bill 375
T. R. FORM NO. 25 Bill for drawing charges initially met 376 - 377
out of Permanent Advance
T. R. FORM NO. 26 Bill for drawing charges relating 378 - 380
Different items of contingent charges
T. R. FORM NO. 27 Bill for drawing advance without 381 - 382
supporting Voucher
T. R. FORM NO. 28 Detailed bill for adjustment of advance 383 - 385
T.R. FORM NO. 29 Advance Check Register for Contingency 386
T.R. FORM NO. 30 Death Case Register 387
T. R. FORM NO. 31 Grant-in-aid Bill (Simple Receipt Form) 388 - 389
T. R. FORM NO. 32 Consolidated Grants-in-Aid Bill / Cheque Slip 390
T. R. FORM NO. 33 Bill for scholarship/stipends payable to College/School 391 - 392
T. R. FORM NO. 34 Bill for Refund of Revenue 393 - 394
T. R. FORM NO. 35 Refund of deposit on account of cost price 395 - 396
of country spirit, ganja and bhang supplied
under contract system
T. R. FORM NO. 36 Bill for drawing charges on account of 397 - 398
loans and advances, subsidies, investments, etc
T. R. FORM NO. 37 Bill for drawing loans and advances 399 - 400
(other than G.P.F. and Festival advances)
sanctioned to employees of the Government
T.R. FORM NO. 38 Schedule of recovery of Loans and Advances / 401
Interest on Loans and Advances
T.R. FORM NO. 39 P. F. Deposit Account Register 402
T.R. FORM NO. 40 Ledger / Pass Book of Local Fund Account / Personal 403
Deposit Account / Provident Fund Account
(Consolidated)
T.R. FORM NO. 41 Scheme-wise Ledger of Local Fund 404
Account / Personal Deposit Account /
Provident Fund Account
T. R. FORM NO. 42 Deposit Repayment Order and Bill Form 405 - 406
T. R. FORM NO. 43 Transfer Credit Bill Form 407
T.R. FORM NO. 44 Statement of Lapsed Revenue / Civil / 408
Criminal Deposits
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T. R. FORM NO. 45 Refund of lapsed deposits Application and 409 - 410
Bill Form
T. R. FORM NO. 46 Certificate Of General Provident Fund Deductions In 411
Respect Of Group D Employees
T. R. FORM NO. 47 Schedule Of General Provident Fund Deductions 412 - 413
T. R. FORM NO. 48 Schedule of Provident Fund Deductions 414 - 415
T. R. FORM NO. 49 Schedule of deductions on account of subscription 416
to Post Office Life Insurance Fund
T. R. FORM NO. 50 Bill for withdrawing Final Payment / Refundable 417
Advance / Non-Refundable Advance* from
General Provident Fund
T.R. FORM NO. 51 Receipted Bill Under The Central Government 418 - 419
Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1980
T.R. FORM NO. 52 Receipted Bill Under All India 420 - 421
Service Group Insurance Rules, 1981
T.R. FORM NO. 53 Schedule of Recovery of Subscription under 422
West Bengal State Government Employees
Group Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1983
T.R. FORM NO. 54 Consolidated Schedule of Deposits of 423
Insurance-cum-Savings Fund 1983
at the Treasury
T.R. FORM NO. 55 Consolidated Schedule of Deposits of 424 - 425
Insurance-cum-Savings Fund 1987
at the Treasury
T.R.FORM NO. 56 Register of Receipts of Subscription under 426
West Bengal State Government Employees
Group Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1987
T.R.FORM NO. 57 Schedule of Payments in case of death while in 427
service or retirement/resignation under
Group Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1987
T.R.FORM NO. 58 Consolidated Schedule of Receipts and Payments 428
of West Bengal Sate Government Employees
Group Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1987
T.R.FORM NO. 59 Plus-Minus Memorandum of West Bengal State 429
Government Employees Group Insurance
Scheme, 1983 / 1987
T.R.FORM NO. 60 Bill for withdrawal from West Bengal 430
Government Employees Group
Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1983 / 1987
For Savings Fund
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T.R.FORM NO. 61 Bill for withdrawal from West Bengal Government 431
Employees Group Insurance-cum-Savings
Scheme, 1983 / 1987 (Insurance Fund) in respect
of subscriber of his demise while in service
T.R.FORM NO. 62 Annual Statement showing the number of persons 432
subscriing to the Group Insurance Scheme and
the number for whom payments were made.
T. R. FORM NO. 63 Consolidated Issue-cum-Schedule of Works Division 433
T. R. FORM NO. 64 Consolidated Receipt-cum-Schedule of Works Division 434
T. R. FORM NO. 65 Receipt/Bill For Annual Installment of the principal 435 - 436
and interest on West Bengal Estate Acquisition
Bonds/Interest on Other Government Promissory
Notes, Bonds
T. R. FORM NO. 66 Acquittance Roll 437
T.R. FORM NO. 67 Register Of Undisbursed Pay and allowances, etc 438
WEST BENGAL TREASURY RULES, 2005 XX
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GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Audit Branch
N O T I F I C A T I O N
No.4840 F. 10th June, 2005. In exercise of power conferred by clause (2) of article 283, read with
clause (1) of article 372, of the Constitution of India and paragraph 19 of the Adaptation of Laws Order,
1950 and in supersession of the Government of West Bengal, Finance Department notification No. 1313 F,
dated the 23rd April, 1966 and notification No. 2176 F, dated the 25
th
February, 1983, and after consultation
with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Governor is pleased hereby to
make the following rules for regulating the custody of the Consolidated Fund of the State of West Bengal,
the payment of moneys into such Fund, the withdrawal of moneys therefrom, the custody of public moneys
other than those credited to such Fund received by or on behalf of the Government of the State of West
Bengal, their payment into the public accounts of the State of West Bengal and the withdrawal of moneys
from such account and all other matters connected with or ancillary to the matters aforesaid, namely:
Part - I
Rules
CHAPTER 1 Introductory
Section I. - Short title and commencement
1.01. These rules may be called the West Bengal Treasury Rules, 2005.
1.02. They shall come into force with effect from the 10th day of June, 2005.
1.03. If the Government considers it necessary or expedient so to do for avoiding any hardship or removing
any difficulty that may arise as a result of the application of these rules, it may, subject to such restrictions
and conditions, as it may think fit to impose, dispense with or relax the provisions of any of these rules in
any case or class of cases.
Registered No. WB/SC-247 No. WB(Part-I)/2005/SAR-255
Extraordinary
Published by Authority
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Section II. - Definitions
1.04 In these rules, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, -
(a) Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal means the Head of
the office, subordinate to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, who keeps
the accounts of the State Government and exercises entitlement functions of the
pension and provident fund, issues authority for refund of lapsed deposit and makes
inter-state settlement of the dues and exercises such other functions as may be assigned
to him by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India;
(b) Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal means the Head of the office, subordinate
to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, who exercises audit functions in
relation to the accounts of the State Government and other autonomous or local
bodies;
(c) Appendix means an Appendix annexed to these rules;
(d) Bank means the Reserve Bank of India, and any branch of the State Bank of India
or the Central Bank of India or any other Public Sector Bank acting as agent of the
Reserve Bank of India in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of
India Act, 1934 (2 of 1934) and includes any authorised branch of Public Sector
Banks, as mentioned in Appendix 2, which accepts receipts or makes payment on
Government account and exhibits such transactions through a branch of such Public
Sector Banks linked with a Treasury;
(e) Bank Treasury means a treasury the cash business of which is conducted by the
Bank and a Non-Bank Treasury means a treasury other than a Bank Treasury;
(f) Collector means the Chief Officer in charge of the revenue administration of a
district and in overall charge of Treasuries within the district;
(g) Collector-in-charge of a Treasury means the Collector and includes the Additional
District Collector at the District Headquarters or the Sub-divisional Officers of any
out-lying sub-division;
(h) Collector of Kolkata means the Collector of Stamp Revenue, Kolkata, appointed
by the Land and Land Reforms Department, Government of West Bengal;
(i) Competent authority means the Government or any other authority to whom the
relevant powers may be delegated by the Government;
(j) Consolidated Fund means the Consolidated Fund of the State as referred to in
clause (1) of article 266 of the Constitution of India;
(k) Contingency Fund means the Contingency Fund of the State as referred to in clause
(2) of article 267 of the Constitution of India;
(l) Controller-General of Accounts means the Controller-General of Accounts in the
Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure;
(m) Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal means an
officer who acts as the nodal Audit Officer in respect of determination of pensionary
benefits including commuted value of pension, interest on the Provident Fund Deposit
Accounts and also the Order issuing authority in respect thereof for employees of
the Non-Government Educational Institutions other than employees of the Non-
Government Colleges, the Corporations, the Municipalities, the Panchayats, the
Social Welfare Advisory Board, the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary
Education, the West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries Board and the Howrah
Improvement Trust or any other body or authority as may be entrusted by the
Government from time to time;
(n) Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal means the Head of the concerned
Directorate under the Finance Department;
(o) Drawing and Disbursing Officer means a Group A Government employee of an
establishment who is authorised by the concerned administrative Department with
the concurrence of the Finance Department to draw money from the Government
Account and disburse the same for the purpose for which it has been sanctioned;
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(p) Finance Department means the Finance Department of the State Government.
(q) Finance (Internal Audit) Department means a branch of the Finance Department
set up for conducting internal audit in all the Departments, Directorates of the State
Government and their sub-ordinate and regional offices, Companies owned and
controlled by the State Government, Undertakings, autonomous bodies, local bodies
including the Corporations, the Municipalities and the Panchayats and any other
organisation directly or indirectly controlled by the State Government;
(r) Government Account means all receipts and payments out of the Consolidated
Fund, the Contingency Fund and the Public Account of the State Government;
(s) Governor means the Governor of the State;
(t) Indian Audit and Accounts Department means the officers and establishment,
subordinate to the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, entrusted with keeping
of the accounts of the State and audit of the accounts of the Union and of the States;
(u) Pay and Accounts Officer means the Pay and Accounts Officer of each of the Pay
and Accounts offices, Kolkata and includes an officer so designated as Pay and
Accounts Officer or an Additional Pay and Accounts Officer;
(v) Pension Disbursement Officer means the Pension Disbursement Officer of the
Directorate of the Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, for the purpose of payment
of pension in respect of the employees of non-Government seducational institutions
in Kolkata Metropolitan area;
(w) Public Account means the Public Account of the State as referred to in clause (2)
of article 266 of the Constitution of India;
(x) revenue means revenue receipts of the State from the proceeds of taxes, yields of
ordinary receipts, etc., and includes capital receipts such as proceeds of sale of capital
assets, funds raised by borrowings, unfunded debts, etc;
(y) State means the State of West Bengal;
(z) State Government means the Government of West Bengal;
(za) treasury means any treasury of the State Government notified as such by the
Finance Department and includes Pay and Accounts Offices;
(zb) Treasury Officer means any officer appointed by the Finance Department to perform
such treasury function as mentioned in these rules and includes the Pay and Accounts
Officer, the Additional Pay and Accounts Officer and the Additional Treasury Officer.
Explanation: For the purposes of these rules an officer appointed as a Treasury Officer
shall be the Head of office of the treasury under the Delegation of Financial Power
Rules, 1977.
Section III. - Location of moneys standing in Government Accounts
1.05. Save as provided in rule 2 of section I of Chapter 6, moneys standing in the Government
Accounts shall be held in the bank and all such sums received by the bank shall be held in the books of the
bank on behalf of the Government. Money deposited in the bank shall be considered as one general fund
held in the books of the bank on behalf of the State.
1.06. (1) The deposit of such money in the bank shall be governed by the terms of the agreement
made between the Governor and the bank under section 21 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 (2 of
1934).
(2) The agreement with the bank made on the 25
th
August 1937 shall be annexed in Appendix 1 and
the agreement between the Governor and the State Bank of India stating the action to be taken in case the
Manager of the State Bank of India which conducts treasury business as an agent of the Reserve Bank of
India, dies or becomes incapacitated for duty shall be annexed in Appendix 2.
1.07. The procedure for the safe custody of moneys in the hands of Government employees shall
be as prescribed by the Government in the Finance Department after consultation with the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
1.08. The bank shall be responsible for the safe custody of Government moneys deposited in such
bank.
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CHAPTER 2
General organisation and control over working of treasuries
Section I. - General organisation
General
2. 01. Unless the State Government otherwise directs in any special case, there shall be one or
more treasuries at every District headquarters and Sub-divisional headquarters depending on the volume of
transactions and administrative convenience.
2. 02. Each treasury as mentioned in Appendix 3 shall be divided into such number of sections as
may be decided by the State Government.
2. 03. (1) The treasury shall be under the general charge of the Collector who shall be responsible
to the Government for its general administration.
(2) Where the Collector is not functioning as the Collector-in-charge of the treasury, the
Collector-in-charge shall function under the general supervision and control of the Collector and in such
case, the Collector shall not be relieved of his duty and responsibility of the general administrative control
of the treasury.
(3) The Collector-in-charge shall be responsible for the proper observance of the procedures
prescribed by or under these rules and for timely submission of all accounts, returns from the treasury as
required by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Accountant-General
(Audit), West Bengal, the bank and the Finance Department.
2. 04. The collective charges of every section of the treasury shall be held by the Treasury Officer
under the general supervision of the Collector-in-charge of such treasury. The Treasury Officer may be
assisted by one or more Additional Treasury Officers. The Treasury Officer shall act as the Head of the
office of the treasury for the purpose of the Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 1977, as subsequently
amended.
2. 05. The Additional Treasury Officer shall function under the overall supervision of the Treasury
Officer in discharging the duties and functions assigned to him.
2. 06. As regards the dates and forms of submission of monthly accounts by the treasuries to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the provisions of the rules contained in rule
96 to rule 103 of the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992, shall apply mutatis mutandis. The Collector,
or in his absence the Collector-in-charge of the treasury, shall be responsible for proper observance of the
provisions of such rules of the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992.
2. 07. (1) The Collector-in-charge shall inspect the treasury and verify the stamps and all valuables
in the custody of such treasury at least once in every completed financial year and shall ensure that the
procedures actually observed at the treasury are in accordance with these rules and orders issued from time
to time and that the accounts and other records including Stock register of Assets like Computer hardware
etc, are properly maintained.
(2) The Collector including the Collector of Kolkata, shall conduct similar inspection as referred in
sub-rule (1) of all the treasuries under his control at least once in every completed financial year and shall
submit a report to the Divisional Commissioner of the respective division, the Director of Treasuries and
Accounts, West Bengal, and the Finance (Internal Audit) Department in accordance with the instructions
laid down in Appendix 4.
(3) The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal shall conduct similar inspection, as
referred to in sub-rule (1), in respect of the treasuries, the Pay and Accounts Offices Kolkata, the Pension
Disbursement Office and the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury at least once in every two completed financial
years and submit, to the Finance Department, a report in accordance with the instructions laid down in
Appendix 4.
(4) Copies of inspection memoranda and orders passed thereon by the Government or other authorities
shall be forwarded to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, for information.
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(5) The Finance (Internal Audit) Department may conduct inspection of treasuries in course of
internal audit. A format of questionnaire on inspection shall be laid down in Appendix 4.
2. 08. When the Collector or the Collector-in-charge assumes charge, he shall immediately report
such fact of assumption of charge to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal,
and to the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, in T.R. Form No. 1, certifying the correctness
of the stock of stamps and valuables lodged in the treasury strong room both at District and Sub-divisional
headquarters. The Collector-in-charge shall submit his charge report through the Collector of the district.
2. 09. (1) The inspection of treasuries by the officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department
or the Finance (Internal Audit) Department in accordance with these rules or any other rules for the time
being in force, shall not relieve the Collector-in-charge of treasury of his responsibility for management
and inspection and the Collector of the district for overall supervision.
(2) No portion of the responsibility for the proper management and workings of treasuries
shall devolve upon the officers of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department and the Finance (Internal
Audit) Department.
2. 10. (1) Each treasury shall be an independent accounting unit. In case of bifurcation of a treasury,
the Collector of the District shall, with an intimation to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, the Finance Department and the Finance (Internal Audit) Department, transfer the work from
one bifurcated treasury to the newly established treasury situated within the District headquarters or the
Sub-divisional headquarters.
(2) Unless the State Government otherwise directs in any special case, one Drawing and
Disbursing Officer shall be attached with only one treasury.
(3) The Collector of any district may, for the purpose of proper administration and speedy
submission of reports, returns or replies of treasuries situated in such district, entrust the Collector-in-
charge of the treasury or the Treasury Officer at district headquarters to function as the co-ordinator for all
the treasuries situated in such district.
2. 11. As per the terms of the agreement between the bank and the Governor of West Bengal as
referred to in T.R. 1.06, the bank attached to the treasury shall be kept open for the transaction of treasury
business on a recognised holiday, if so required by the Collector.
2. 12. (1) Where the payment on Government account of instruments which
(a) do not require to be passed through the treasury or through the Departmental officer
under the rules and of the bills or cheques after issuing or enfacing such instru
ments by the treasury; and
(b) are presented at the bank on subsequent holiday other than an holiday declared
under the Negotiable Instrument Act, 1881 (26 of 1881),
such instrument may be paid by the bank on such holidays on which the bank remains open.
(2) where the receipts in Government accounts through challans-
(a) are presented at the bank without the intervention of the treasury under the rules; or
(b) or have been enfaced by the treasury on any working day and presented at
the bank on subsequent holiday other than an holiday declared under the Negotiable
Instrument Act, 1881 (26 of 1881),
such challans may be accepted by the bank on such holiday.
(3) The transactions in Government accounts carried on by the bank on the holiday as stated in sub-
rule (1) and sub-rule (2) shall be incorporated in the accounts of the treasury on the same day as shown by
the bank.
2. 13. (1) The functions of the treasury in respect of disbursement of pension by the State
Government in Kolkata shall be undertaken by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West
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Bengal, the Public Sector banks and the Pension Disbursement Officer.
(2) The functions of the treasury in respect of certain receipts in Kolkata and disbursement
of some Personal Ledger Accounts in Kolkata as mentioned in Appendix 3 shall be performed by the
Kolkata Collectorate Treasury.
(3) The function of the treasury in respect of disbursement and receipts in Kolkata, other
than those mentioned in sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), shall be performed by the Pay and Accounts Offices,
Kolkata.
2.14. All cheques issued and other instruments of payment duly passed by the Treasury Officer
and the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, for payment at the bank as well as
Interest Payment Orders being non-negotiable instrument, shall normally be presented by the payee personally
or through the banker in the case of account payee instruments as mentioned in Appendix 10. The bank
shall not make payment against the instrument unless such bank is satisfied about the identity of the payee
and shall, with reference to the record maintained by such bank, verify signature of the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer attesting the payees signature and the signature of the Treasury Officer or the authorised
officer of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, as the case may be.
2.15. The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, may with the consent
of, and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed by, the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India,
perform all or any prescribed part of the duties of a treasury in respect of claims against Government that
may fall due for disbursement and receive money that may be tendered for credit to the Government accounts.
2.16. (1) Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal shall be the Controlling Officer in
respect of all the treasuries and Pay and Accounts Offices, Kolkata and the Pension Disbursement Office.
(2) The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, shall perform the following duties:
(a) to inspect all the treasuries at least once within every two completed financial years as
per Appendix 4 and submit report thereof;
(b) to pursue the replies of audit report on all the treasuries made by Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal;
(c) to keep records on bank statement of all treasuries and to arrange for rectification of
defects, if any, and to conduct meeting with Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, and banks in order to remove the defects;
(d) to sub-allot fund to the treasuries and verification of expenditure statement under the
head 2054 -Treasuries etc.;
(e) to keep liaison with Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal,
banks, treasuries on the matters as mentioned in clause (a) to clause (d);
(f) to visit treasuries for verification of financial irregularities as and when reported;
(g) to deal with the establishment work of the Pay and Accounts Offices, Kolkata;
(h) to arrange and disburse pension of the employees of the non-Government educational
institutions within Kolkata;
(i) to monitor progress of submission of the monthly accounts to the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal;
(j) to arrange for printing of important rules, manuals, registers, forms required for treasury
administration and supply thereof;
(k) to maintain records, registers, in respect of Group Insurance (old and new schemes);
(l) to maintain records and returns of the Personal Ledger Accounts or the Local Fund
Accounts and other matters in his office as per order of Finance Department and to
submit different types of reports as and when called for by the Department;
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(m)to make arrangements for training of the officers and staff of the treasuries and Drawing
and Disbursing Officers in the district;
(n) to give clarification on these rules, the Financial Rules, the West Bengal Service Rules
Part I and Part II, the Pension Rules, the West Bengal Services (Death-cum-Retirement
Benefit) Rules etc. in consultation with the Finance Department as and when required:
(o) to monitor progress of construction of the buildings of the treasury.
(p) to supervise the work of computerisation of accounts etc. of the treasury;
(q) to process the proposals for supply of stationeries, equipments etc to different treasuries
and issue sanction orders thereof;
(r) to obtain daily scroll from the State bank of India, Samridhi Bhaban and submit the
same to the appropriate authority and take further necessary action as per direction of
Finance Department.
(s) to verify the irregularities on the accounts of other offices as specifically directed by the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, from time to time as per
direction of the Finance Department.
(t) to maintain records relating to the Additional Emoluments Compulsory Deposit Schemes.
(u) to organise training of the officers of the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service.
(v) to supervise post-computerisation work of treasuries like maintenance of software and
hardware, printing of cheques, stationeries etc and supply thereof, extraction of different
treasury data, its analysis and transmission of different reports to the Finance Department
in connection therewith.
(w) such other functions and duties as may be assigned to him separately by the Finance
Department from time to time.
2.17. The Pay and Accounts Offices, Kolkata, shall perform the treasury functions, both in respect
of payments and receipts, in respect of the offices located in the Kolkata Metropolitan area except payment
of pension and some payments and receipts function of the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury.
2.18. The Pension Disbursement Office which is a part of the Directorate of Treasuries and
Accounts, West Bengal, shall disburse pension of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the non-Government
Educational Institutions in Kolkata Metropolitan areas through nominated branches of the bank and shall
be responsible for timely submission of monthly accounts to the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, and shall submit returns to the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West
Bengal, as per orders issued in this regard.
Note: List of branches of Allahabad bank attached to the Pension Disbursement Office is mentioned
in Part IV of Appendix 3.
2.19. The Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal, shall discharge
the following functions: -
(1) Issue of the Payment Order for Pension, Gratuity and Commuted value of Pension to
the employees of
(a) the non-Government Educational Institutions other than non-Government
Colleges, Libraries, Technical institutions under the Mass Education Extension
Department under Grant-in-aid scheme of the Government;
(b) the Panchayat under the Death-cum-Retirement Benefit Scheme.
(c) the Municipality under the Death-cum-Retirement Benefit Scheme;
(d) the West Bengal Primary Education Council, the District Primary School Council,
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the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education and the West Bengal Sports
Council;
(e) the West Bengal Khadi and Village Industries board
(f) the Social Welfare Advisory Board;
(g) the Calcutta Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (C.S.P.C.A.);
(h) the West Bengal Comprehensive Area Development Corporation;
(i) any other organisation as may be notified by the Government from time to time.
(2) Verification of the Provident Fund Deposit Accounts of the organisations covered under
the West Bengal non-Government Educational Institutions and Local Authorities (Control of Provident
Fund of Employees) Act 1983 and General Provident Fund Scheme for employees of Panchayat issued by
Panchayat and Rural Development Department, and making necessary allotment of annual interest accrued
thereon.
2.20. If any defalcation or loss of public moneys, stamps or other valuable property detected in
the treasury or when such loss has been made good by the person responsible for it, the Collector shall
immediately intimate such defalcation or loss to the Finance Department, the Director of Treasuries and
Accounts, West Bengal, Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, and other concerned
authorities. Such intimation shall be supplemented, as soon as possible, afterwards by a detailed report
after personal investigation into the case. In dealing with cases of defalcations or losses as aforesaid and in
reporting such cases to the aforesaid authorities, the Collector shall follow such general orders or instructions
as may be issued in this behalf by the Government.
2.21. The general principles regarding the enforcement of responsibility for losses sustained by
the Government through fraud and negligence and the detailed instructions for making departmental
investigations for losses of Government money, etc., are set forth in Appendix I to the West Bengal Financial
Rules, Vol. II.
2.22. (1) When an irregularity of any kind is brought to the notice of the Collector by the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or by any other appropriate authority, the
Collector shall, after personal investigation, send a report to the Government.
(2) It is not enough for him to pass on the explanation of a subordinate inasmuch as
reports prepared in this manner have very often, by lulling suspicion, led to greater irregularity afterwards
and thus nothing short of a report based on the Collectors personal knowledge shall be considered
satisfactory.
2.23. (1) The Collector is bound to satisfy himself by periodical examination, at least once in
every completed financial year about the accuracy of the stamps account, securities and cheque forms.
(2) the Collector shall ensure that
(a) the stamps, securities and cheque books are kept in the strong room under double lock,
of which one set of the concerned key shall be kept in the personal custody of the
Treasury Officer himself and the other shall be kept in the custody of the stamp clerk;
(b) the stock of blank cheque books and similar forms which are intended for use in
monetary transactions are carefully kept under lock and key by the Treasury Officer
and periodically tallied with the nominal balance of such forms in the stock books; and
(c) the balances in the stamp accounts and the blank cheque books are verified by the
Treasury Officer once in every quarter of a financial year, besides the verifications
done by the Collector.
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2.24. The Collector shall satisfy himself at least once in every quarter of a financial year that the
deposit registers are kept according to prescribed rules, and that all necessary entries in the relevant registers
or records contain the dated initial of the Treasury Officer.
2.25. The Collector shall be responsible, when assuming or making over charge, for verification of
the stock of stamps and blank cheque books and a certificate of such verification shall be sent along with
his charge report to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, in T.R. Form No. 1
on the date of making over of such charge.
Collector-in-charge of the Treasury
2.26. The Collector-in-charge of a treasury shall be immediately responsible for proper functioning
of the treasury.
Treasury Officer
2.27. (1) The Treasury Officer including the Additional Treasury Officer shall be appointed by the
Government in the Finance Department from the officers of the West Bengal Audit and Accounts Service.
(2) Subject to the conditions as specified in sub-rule (3), the Collector may appoint a Deputy
Collector as a Treasury Officer or an Additional Treasury Officer.
(3) No Deputy Collector shall be placed in charge of a treasury unless
(a) he has acquired thorough knowledge in the rules issued for the guidance of the
Treasury Officers and has passed the departmental examination of higher standard;
(b) he has completed a minimum period of five years service.
(4) If a temporary emergency necessitates a departure from any of the conditions mentioned in sub-
rule (2) and (3) for appointment of the Treasury Officer, a report explaining the circumstances shall be
submitted by the Collector to the Government in the Finance Department, and a copy thereof shall
simultaneously be sent to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, for his
information.
(5) A re-employed officer shall not be employed as the Treasury Officer or the Additional Treasury
Officer.
2.28. (1) The Treasury Officer is responsible to the Collector primarily for the proper discharge of
his duties, for thorough observance of all rules prescribed for his guidance in every section of his duties and
for strict attention to all details of the daily routine of the treasury works. He is also responsible to the
Collector for the working of the treasury and the conduct of the subordinate treasury officials and for the
custody of stamps and other valuables. He shall prepare instructions for the guidance of every section of his
office.
(2) The Treasury Officer is also responsible to the Collector for keeping the accounts of the treasury
strictly in accordance with the directions contained in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992, for the
accuracy of all initial records and vouchers and for regularity of all transactions taking place at the treasury.
Relation with the Accountant-General
2.29. The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),West Bengal, or the Accountant-
General (Audit), West Bengal, may address his communications in respect of treasury accounts and
accounting procedure and authority of payment directly to the Treasury Officer but all special or confidential
communications shall be made to the Collector or to the Collector-in-charge. Normal communications to
the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),West Bengal, or the Accountant-General (Audit), West
Bengal, or the Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal from the treasury shall be issued by the
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Treasury Officer but all important communications to the said authorities from the treasury must be issued
over the signature of the Collector or the Collector-in-charge. The Collector shall not address the Treasury
Officer officially, or forward the Treasury Officers explanation as his own in reply to questions or enquiries
concerning the treasury functions.
Accountant
2.30. The Accountant is responsible for keeping complete records of all kinds of transactions of
the treasury and for the compilation of accounts and returns strictly in accordance with the Accounting
Rules for Treasuries, 1992. He shall also be required to see that the rules and orders are observed in respect
of all transactions of the treasury and shall bring all cases of irregularity to the notice of the Treasury
Officer.
Section II.- Treasury Accounts and Returns
Accountants Book
2.31. (1) The form and procedure with regard to the initial accounts kept in the treasury and the
methods and principles in accordance with which the accounts are kept, shall be governed by the directions
contained in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992.
(2) It is the duty of the Treasury Officer to satisfy himself that
(a) the directions contained in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992, are strictly
observed;
(b) the accounts are correct in all respect; and
(c) the record of receipts and payments are so clear, explicit and self-contained as to be
producible, if necessary, as satisfactory and convincing evidence of facts.
(3) The daily accounts of receipts and payments in T.R. Form No. 2 together with connected challans
and paid cheques and vouchers shall be rendered by the concerned unit of the agency bank to the treasury.
(4) (a) In the daily accounts rendered by the bank, payments and receipts shall be classified in such
manner as required by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) , West Bengal, in order that
their arrangement may fit in with the forms prescribed for accounts kept at the treasury.
(b) The daily accounts shall be prepared every day and the concerned officer of the bank shall, after
satisfying himself as to its accuracy, docket and forward it to the Treasury Officer with the scroll of daily
receipts and payments together with all the supporting challans and vouchers at the close of the day.
(c) The daily accounts with scroll of daily receipts and payments alongwith supporting challans and
vouchers shall be secured properly when sent by the bank to the Treasury Officer, in order that there may be
no possibility of any alteration or destruction of any paper before the said documents reach the hands of the
Treasury Officer.
(d) In case of any undue delay, the Treasury Officer shall bring the fact immediately to the notice of
the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal.
(5) The concerned unit of the agency bank may, with the concurrence of the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, submit the daily accounts in the next working day, instead of at
the close of the same day.
(6) Care shall be taken to ensure that paid cheques and other instruments of payments are prominently
marked Paid by the bank so as to avoid claims being paid twice. Similarly, receipted challans shall be
prominently marked Received by the bank before receipted challans and paid instruments are transmitted
to the treasury.
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(7) (a) The Register of daily receipts and payments shall contain the following columns:
(i) the date,
(ii) the total receipts for the day,
(iii) the total payments of the day,
(iv) the initials of the concerned officer of the bank, and
(v) the initials of the Treasury Officer.
(b) The Register of daily receipts and payments shall be written up and forwarded with the daily
account to the treasury and the entries shall be certified by the initials of the concerned officer of the bank
in column IV.
(c) The Treasury Officer shall, after checking the receipts and payments columns of the daily account,
agreeing with their totals with the amount entered in the scroll and examining the vouchers or challans
initial in column V of the scroll in token of his verification and shall return the register to the Manager of
the agency bank on the same day or, as soon as possible, on the following day.
(8) On receipt of daily accounts with scroll or statement of daily receipts and payments from the
link agency bank along with the receipted challans and paid cheques and other instruments of payments,
such accounts shall be examined and scrutinised by the Accountant or the Deputy Accountant and if found
correct, the same shall be duly accounted for in accordance with the directions contained in the Accounting
Rules for Treasuries, 1992.
(9) Advices of receipts or payments which, according to any rule or order have to be sent to public
officers or departments, and consolidated receipts or certificates of receipts or payments required by any
rule or order to be given to any public officer or department, shall be prepared in the treasury and not in the
bank, as the point to be advised or certified is not that the money has been received or paid at the bank, but
that the receipts or payments has been entered into the treasury accounts.
Nothing contained in this rule shall be deemed to override any local usage or practice under which
advices and certificates referred to above are prepared by the bank.
(10) All treasury returns, with the exception of which the bank is instructed to furnish under
these rules or under express orders of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal,
or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal, shall be prepared in the treasury and not in the bank.
(11) On the first working day of the month, the bank shall render three sets of date- wise monthly
statement of transactions of the previous month. The same shall be checked with the records of the treasury
so as to verify that the net of receipts and payments of the statement agree with the amount shown in the
Monthly Accounts of the treasury under the head Reserve bank Deposits. The discrepancy, if any, noticed
shall be recorded in the statement for carrying out rectification by the bank. One set of statement recording
the result of verification duly signed by the Treasury Officer shall be returned to the bank on the following
working day.
2.32. The Treasury Officer shall prohibit any erasures or over writing in the cash book and other
registers of initial record or in any account or schedule and shall verify and initial every correction made
therein.
Closing for the day
2.33. Subject to the directions contained in this behalf in rule 38 and rule 39 of the Accounting
Rules for Treasuries, 1992, the process of closing accounts for the day shall be as follows:
(1) The daily total of each subsidiary register shall be entered in the appropriate part of the Cash
Book, which shall then be totalled and the correctness of the totals in Cash Book shall be tested by a
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comparison of the totals of receipts and payments shown in the daily scroll rendered by bank. If the totals
worked out in the two Cash Books agree and if the net of receipt or payment amount, which is shown under
the head Reserve Bank Deposits agrees with the net amount shown in the bank Scroll and if the Treasury
Officer is satisfied with the correctness and good order of all these documents, he shall sign the Cash Books
with date. If the daily account of the bank is submitted to the treasury in the morning of the day following
that to which it refers, in such case, the signature and comparison of the Accountants Book may be made
in the evening instead of in the morning of the day to which the agency bankers accounts are received,
provided the pressure of work renders it necessary so to postpone it.
(2) The following is a memorandum of some of the important parts of the verification of accounts,
which the Treasury Officer must follow.
The Treasury Officer shall
(a) compare each entry in the Register of Cheques Delivered with reference to the paid
cheques;
(b) examine at least two of the totalling of each side, marking the totals as Exd.;
(c) see that the totalling are correctly carried from the Register to the Cash Book, initialling
the totals as he thus compares them. This must be done, in the case of receipt registers,
even if the total for the day is blank; but it is not necessary to initial blank payment
registers. If the number of blank receipt registers is considerable, the following procedure
may be adopted. Such blank receipt registers as are only rarely required for entry may be
bound in a single volume and kept under the Treasury Officers own lock and key. When
this volume is required for entry, the register may be taken from the Treasury Officers
custody. The Treasury Officer shall, however, receive it back at the time of signing the
daily accounts, carefully ensuring that all new entries in it are correctly carried to the
Cash Book and initial them accordingly, so as to guard against fraud or mistake orf
omission from these registers in the cash book;
(d) verify the totalling of the Cash Book or get it done by some principal sub-ordinate
officer, other than the accountant, who shall initial it as correct;
(e) see twice every week that all vouchers are properly arranged.
(3) Closing for the day for computerized Treasury:
Subject to the directions contained in this behalf in Rules 38 and 39 of the Accounting Rules for
Treasuries 1992, the closing of accounts of the treasury for the day shall be as follows:
(a) After receiving the vouchers from the Cheque-Section along with the Summary of Cheques
Delivered as per Annexure-J-1, the Compilation- Section shall verify whether they have received
the correct number of vouchers as shown in the Annexure-J-1. The Accountant or Deputy Accountant
shall then arrange to sort such vouchers according to the major Head of account. Thereafter he shall
arrange to generate the Daily Subsidiary Register of all the Heads and shall arrange to check the
vouchers with the Subsidiary Register with reference to Payment head of accounts (upto 17/19
digits), name of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, net amount, gross amount, by transfer deduction
head of accounts (14 digits) and deduction amount. If any mistake is found the concerned dealing
Assistant shall immediately bring it to the notice of the Accountant or the Deputy Accountant and
arrange to rectify the mistake through computer by the Treasury Officer or the Additional Treasury
Officer. The concerned Assistant of the compilation section shall then sign the Subsidiary Register
as Checked and found correct.
(b) After receiving the bank scroll (receipt and payment) along with the challans, paid cheques
and bank vouchers from the bank, the Accountant or the Deputy Accountant shall arrange to sort
the Challans and paid cheques of the different Deposit Account (Other than treasury cheques)
according to the Head of account and verify those with the bank scroll. He shall also arrange to
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make necessary entry of the challans, paid cheques of the different Deposit Accounts and paid
treasury cheques in the computer system. After entering all the entries in the computer, the Accountant
shall arrange for verification of the correctness of the entry with reference to bank scroll and computer
generated report.
(c) After completion of steps mentioned in clause (a) and (b) above, the Accountant shall
arrange to generate the Receipt Summary and Payment Summary of the day. The Payment
Summary shall show the Head of account (in major Head of account upto the major head 6000 and
in scheme head of account if the major head is above 6000), number of vouchers against the head of
account, the total treasury gross amount, total net amount and total by transferred amount of the
Heads of account, 8670-Paid Treasury Cheques and 8675-RBD-Reserve bank Deposit (if any).
The Receipt Summary shall show the Head of account upto scheme head, the amount received
through bank, through by transfer and the total receipt under the headHead,8670-Treasury Cheque
Issued and 8675-RBD-Reserve bank Deposit (if any). The Accountant shall verify the correctness
of the head Head wise total of the Summary Sheets, with reference to Daily Subsidiary Register,
8670- Treasury Cheques Issued (in the Receipt Summary) from the Annexure J-1 and 8670-
Paid Treasury Cheques (in the Payment Summary) from the list of paid cheques entered in the
computer system and also from the bank scroll, 8675- RBD figure with the bank scroll/pass book
and the Grand Total of Receipt Summary and Grand Total of Payment Summary. The Total of
Receipt Summary and Total of Payment Summary shall be same in all cases. If all the figures
agree then he shall submit the Summary Sheet to the Treasury officer or the Additional Treasury
Officer for final approval. The Treasury Officer shall verify all the figures with reference to Head
8670-Treasury Cheques and 8675-RBD and the total of Receipt Summary and Payment
Summary. He shall sign the summary Sheet as a token of approval. In case of any difference in the
Treasury RBD figure with the bank scroll, if the mistake is on the part of the bank, the Treasury
Officer shall immediately bring it to the notice of, the link agency bank branch by issuing a
Memorandum of Error (see Appendix-21) and arrange to rectify the mistake through bank but if
the mistake is on the part of the treasury, then, Treasury Officer shall arrange to rectify the mistake.
The Treasury Officer shall meet up all the difference in the RBD figure locally. The Accountant
shall then arrange to write the Cash Book manually in the prescribed form (I.S.T-1). The Treasury
Officer shall then sign the Cash Book daily.
Closing for the Month
2.34. (1) (a) The monthly accounts of the treasury shall be closed without fail on the last
working day of each month in accordance with the provisions contained in rule 96 to rule 103 of the
Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992. The Treasury Officer shall check each entry in the Cash Account
and the List of Payments with the corresponding totals in the Cash Book and see that the totals of all the
Registers are correctly carried into the Cash Book. If it is not possible for him to compare all the entries, he
shall at least compare the entries in the plus and minus memorandum of deposits, stamps, transfer credit
etc., with the entries in the accounts. If the plus and minus memoranda show a reduction in the stock of
stamps to the value of Rs. 5,000 or if the credit in the account is less, the difference shall be traced and
satisfactorily accounted for.
(b) Besides, the transactions relating to the Reserve bank Deposits have been appropriately
shown either in the Cash Account or in the List of Payments accordingly as the difference represents net
drawings from or net payments into the Reserve bank during the month. The amount of Reserve bank
Deposit shown in the monthly accounts shall agree with net amount of the date wise Monthly Statement
submitted by the bank.
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(2) Subject to the directions contained in this behalf in rules 96 to 103 of the Accounting
Rules for Treasuries 1992, the closing of accounts for the computerised treasuries for the month shall be as
follows:
(a) the transactions of a month shall positively be closed on the last working day of the
month and the monthly accounts of the treasury shall be closed without fail within the
next two working days after receiving the scroll of last working day of the previous
month from the bank;
(b) after the Cash Book has been written for whole of the month in accordance with the
provisions as laid down in clause (e) of sub-rule (3) of rule 2.33, the Accountant shall
arrange to generate the Schedule of Charges for payment and receipt of all the heads
from the computer.
(c) the Accountant shall also arrange to generate the list of payments, the cash accounts
and daily monthly Reserve bank Deposits, 8670-Summary of Cheques Issued from
Treasury and 8670-Summary of Paid Treasury Cheques from the computers;
(d) the Accountant shall verify the figures and the Heads of accounts of the List of Payments
and Cash Accounts with reference to Schedule of Charges, Reserve bank Deposits,
Summary List of 8670 and the plus-minus Memo of different Deposit, PF/PL/LF and
G.I.83/G.I.87 accounts;
(e) the Accountant shall also check the Grand Total of list of payment and the cash account.
The grand total of list of payment and the cash account shall be same in all cases;
(f) the Accountant shall also verify that all the vouchers, challans and paid cheques as
mentioned in the list of payment and the cash accounts are properly arranged;
(g) the Treasury Officer shall verify that all the above procedures have properly been
followed with special attention to 8670- Treasury cheques, 8675-RBD and grand total
of list of payment and cash account;
(h) the Treasury Officer shall also personally verify the daily monthly statement of the
bank with reference to list of payment or the cash account, as the case may be. Any
differences with the daily monthly statement shall forthwith be taken up with the bank
Authorities by issuing a Memorandum of Error (as mentioned in Appendix 21) and
after rectification of the error, the verified daily monthly statement shall be signed by
the Treasury Officer and shall be sent to Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, along with the monthly accounts within the prescribed
period. A list of outstanding cheques shall be prepared through computer and submitted
to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, with the monthly
accounts.
Monthly Accounts and Returns
2.35. (1) A complete list of treasury accounts and returns to be rendered on different
prescribed dates to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, and other authorities
shall be kept in each treasury. The accounts and returns shall be written up in accordance with the provisions
contained in this behalf in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992, and such orders and instructions as
may be issued by the Collector.
(2) The first schedule of payments prepared as per provisions of clause (vi) of rule 84 of the
Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992, with connected vouchers shall be sent to the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlements), West Bengal, by the 12
th
day of the month. The list of payments and cash
account with supporting schedules and the connected challans and vouchers shall be sent to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, by the 5
th
day of the following month and for the month
of March on 8
th
day of April.
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(3) With regard to the timely submission of the accounts and returns, the Government shall
view with severe displeasure any avoidable delay on the part of the Collector, the Collector-in-charge or the
Treasury Officer in the despatch of the prescribed accounts and returns with complete schedules and vouchers
required by the Government to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
2.36. The vouchers or challans pertaining to and the schedules relating to the list of payments and
challans pertaining to, and the schedules relating to, the Cash Account, shall be numbered consecutively in
a separate monthly series and kept in the custody of the Accountant under lock and key until they are
despatched. Before despatch of the List of Payments or the Cash Accounts, the Treasury Officer shall, by
inspection, satisfy himself that the required vouchers and challans with accompanying schedules are all
attached serially.
2.37. (1) The Collector when at headquarters, or in the absence of Collector, the Collector-in-
charge shall verify the treasury balance of stamps, blank cheque books, etc., in person on the first working
day of every month and sign the account to be rendered to the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, on the due date of despatch of monthly accounts. When, however, both are
absent on tour or otherwise on the due dates, or when both of them are unable to perform the duties due to
physical inability, the duties may be performed by the Treasury Officer and in absence of all the three
officers mentioned above, the duties may be performed by the Additional Treasury Officer. The reason for
their inability to sign the accounts shall be distinctly noted in the returns and accounts.
(2) Whenever a Collector or the Collector-in-charge proceeds to the interior of his district on duty
for more than two days, he shall report to the Commissioner in respect of the arrangement which he
proposes to make for the charge of the treasury and the performance of the current duties of his office.
2.38. (1) The period for preservation of various records and registers in each treasury shall be
such as mentioned in Appendix 16.
(2) The period for preservation of various records of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the
treasuries to be maintained by the office of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlements), West
Bengal, shall be such as mentioned in Appendix 17.
Section. - III - Miscellaneous Provisions
Deposit of Cash Chests and Valuables, etc., of other Departments in the Treasury
2.39. (1) Cash chests belonging to other Departments may be lodged in the treasury for safe
custody where necessary. When so lodged, they shall be presented with a slip or memorandum stating the
contents, and a receipt shall be obtained from the Treasury Officer for the cash chests said to contain the
amount specified in the slips and the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlements), West Bengal, shall
be informed as soon as they are lodged. Sealed bags containing valuables belonging to other Departments
may also be lodged in the treasury for safe custody. These bags shall be kept locked in treasure boxes or
chest of the treasury The keys of the chests or of the treasure boxes in which the sealed bags are kept in the
treasury shall be in the custody of the Depositing Officer and he shall be entirely responsible for the contents
of the cash chests or sealed bags deposited. The amounts contained in cash chests shall not be brought into
the accounts of the treasury. A register in appropriate form shall also be kept in the treasury in which the
receipt and return of the cash chests and sealed bags shall be duly noted.
(2) The articles or documents as mentioned in clause (a) to clause (g) below may be received in the
treasury for safe-custody:
(a) sealed packets containing duplicate keys of strong room or currency chests under the
control of the State bank of India, the Central bank of India and any other public sector
banks, acting as agent to the Reserve bank of India, in accordance with the provisions
contained in Appendix 6;
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(b) sealed packets containing Post Office Savings bank Pass Books, deposit receipts of
banks, fidelity bonds, security bonds and agreements, and any other time deposits received
as security deposits.
Note. The Divisional Officer may place the duplicate keys of the divisional and the
sub-divisional chests in a cover under his seal in the custody of the Treasury Officer
concerned and in such case, a Duplicate Key Register shall be maintained and once in
the month of April every year the keys shall be sent for and examined by the Divisional
Officer who shall return the same in a fresh cover under his seal to the Treasury Officer
concerned, after making a note in the said register to the effect that the keys have been
found intact;
(c) sealed packet containing such non-treasury padlocks and keys and duplicate keys of
such locks which are specified in Appendix 7:
Provided that the duplicate keys of the chests of the West Bengal Police
Offices (including Malkhana chests) shall be sent to the local treasury in sealed covers
for safe custody. The Treasury Officer shall, after satisfying himself that the seal is
intact, record the receipt of the packet in the register mentioned in paragraph 3 of Appendix
7 and acknowledge receipt of the same. At the time of quarterly verification or whenever
the charge of the treasury is transferred, the Treasury Officer shall see that the seals are
intact and record a certificate to that effect in the remarks column of the registers;
(d) sealed boxes containing Government promissory notes and other valuables belonging to
the Cantonment authorities;
(e) sealed packets containing question papers of the Calcutta University and any other
recognised University of the State and the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education
and the West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education or any other body or
authority as may be expressly permitted by the Finance Department;
(f) sealed bags containing undisbursed takavi advances for a maximum period of two weeks;
(g) sealed bags containing loan collections to be deposited by the Collector for a period not
exceeding 7 days.
2.40. The bullion, jewellery and other valuables coming into the hands of a Government official
in his official capacity may be deposited into the treasury for safe custody. The value of such articles shall
not be brought into the accounts of the treasury.
2.41. (1) The rules for dealing with the cash, bullion, jewellery or other valuables so deposited
under T.R. 2.39 and T.R. 2.40, shall be as stated in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (5):
Provided that in case of promissory notes, the rules for dealing with the promissory notes shall be
guided by the Government Securities Manual published by the Government of India from time to time.
(2) When it is directed by an appropriate authority that cash, chest, valuable, bullion, jewellery or
other valuables or any intestate property not being current money, received by a Government official in his
official capacity, shall be placed in the treasury for safe custody, such cash, chest, valuables, bullion, jewellery
or other valuables or any intestate property shall be presented at the treasury in a sealed packet with a
memorandum from the concerned Government official indicating a list of the property contained in the
packet and statement of its actual or estimated value.
(3) The Treasury Officer shall, after satisfying himself that the seal is intact, record receipt of the
packet in the Register of Valuables to be maintained in T.R. Form No. 3, which may be kept in manuscript.
(4) The Treasury Officer shall, after noting on the packet the number assigned to it according to the
entry in the register, issue a receipt in the following form on the back of the memorandum of contents,
mentioning the number assigned to the packet, and shall return the memorandum to the Government official
presenting it: -
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Received a sealed packet said to containing cash/bullion/jewellery/or other valuables/in-testate
property detailed on the reverse.
A.B.,
Treasury Officer.
(5) The packet shall then be kept in the same manner as cash, and shall not be returned without a
written order from the Government officer from whom it has been received and such Government officer
shall return original memorandum of contents to the Treasury Officer. The original receipt, issued by the
Treasury Officer, shall thereafter be destroyed.
Security of Strong Rooms
2.42. (1) The rules regulating the security of strong room be such as stated in sub-rule (2) to sub-
rule (5).
(2) Without the special permission of the Finance Department, no place shall be used as a strong
room unless it is first certified to be secured and fit for use as such by an officer of the Public Works
Department not below the rank of an Executive Engineer.
(3) The inspecting officer mentioned in sub-rule (4) may, in certifying the suitability of the room,
specify any necessary conditions as to the manner of storing the coins or treasure and he shall specially
examine that the enclosing walls are under observation of the guard.
(4) The Executive Engineer as stated in sub-rule (2) or an experienced Assistant Engineer deputed
by such Executive Engineer shall inspect annually all the existing strong rooms under his jurisdiction and
grant a certificate of safety.
(5) It shall be the duty of the Treasury Officer to obtain such a certificate annually.
(6) The Superintendent of Police of the concerned district shall record an order prescribing the
positions of the sentries, and may also require any additional precautions to be taken for strengthening of
fastenings, lighting arrangement, etc. but the responsibility for the security of the building and its fixtures
shall remain with the Executive Engineer, and for the purpose of the security of chests and other treasury
furniture not forming part of the building or fixtures, such security shall remain with the officer-in-charge
of the treasury.
(7) A copy of the certificate of safety granted by the inspecting Officer under sub-rule (4) and the
order of the Superintendent of Police of the concerned district shall be displayed in a conspicuous place
within the strong room.
(8) It is the duty of the Treasury Officer to see whether any conditions as to the matter of storage
stated in the documents, as described under sub-rule (7), has been complied with.
(9) The Treasury Officer shall be personally present during the whole time between the opening and
the shutting of the strong room and the doors and windows of the strong room shall remain permanently
closed and locked, except at the time of movement or inspection of valuables:
Provided that the opening of doors and windows may be permitted during office hours, if it is
necessary for the admission of light or fresh air to any other part of the building, subject to the conditions
that the valuables remain securely packed under lock and key.
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Custody of Padlocks and Keys of the Treasury Strong Rooms and Chests.
2.43. (1) A register of all padlocks belonging to the treasury and the treasure chests shall be
maintained in T. R Form No. 4 and kept in the strong room of the treasury.
Explanation. For the purpose of this rule, the term padlocks includes also, the self locks of iron
safes and steel almirahs.
(2) Every padlock shall have a number impressed upon it or attached to it by a metal or other
label, and the same number shall be impressed on or attached to the key belonging to it. No two padlocks
in the same district shall bear the same number.
(3) (a) If a padlock becomes unserviceable or if the key belonging to it becomes defective or is
lost, the Treasury Officer shall, with the permission of the Collector-in-charge, arrange to replace such
padlocks immediately and report the matter to the Finance Department, which may cause such enquiry as
may be deemed necessary in case of loss of keys.
(b) No padlock of which the key has been lost shall continue to be used. No spare padlocks shall be
kept at a treasury, except with the permission of the Finance Department and every unserviceable padlocks
and/or defective keys shall be destroyed in the same manner as prescribed in sub-rule (5) of this rule.
(4) No local mechanic shall be allowed to repair a treasury padlock or to make a new key for
one.
(5) All spare padlocks with their keys which are held in the treasury with the approval of the
Finance Department, shall be kept in the strong room under double locks, the key of one lock being in the
hands of the Treasury Officer, and of the other in the hands of the Stamp Clerk or any other officer authorised
by the Collector-in-charge of the treasury. The duplicate keys of all padlocks (whether spare or in use) shall
be destroyed in presence of the Collector, who is required to give a certificate to this effect in the remarks
column of the register.
(6) Whenever the charge of a treasury is transferred, or a Stamp Clerk is changed, all padlocks
belonging to the treasury shall be examined and compared with the register, and a certificate shall be signed
by the Collector or Collector-in-charge in the remarks column of the register that these padlocks have been
found to be correct.
(7) The Inspecting Officer shall, after every inspection of treasury under the provision of these
rules, report whether the provisions of these rules have been properly complied with.
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CHAPTER 3
Receipts and deposit of money into government account
Section.-I - General Principles
General
3.01. (1) Save as hereinafter provided in this Chapter,
(a) all moneys received by or tendered to Government employees on account of the revenues of
the State,
(b) all loans raised by the Government, loans or ways and means advance,
(c) all moneys received by the Government in repayment of loans, and
(d) all moneys received for deposit in the custody of Government shall, without undue delay, be
paid in full into the treasury linked bank or any other bank authorised by the Finance Department
and shall be included in the Government Account.
Explanation The expression without undue delay means that money received by a Government
employee in his official capacity shall be deposited into the said bank within the next working day at the latest. In
the case where the office is situated far away from the treasury link bank and it is not possible to observe the time
limit of one day or obtain orders of the Head of the Department, the Government in the concerned administrative
Department may, with the concurrence of the Finance Department, issue orders of a permanent nature specifying
maximum amount and the dates not exceeding three days in a week on which the deposit shall be made and if the
money received by the Government employee in his official capacity exceeds the maximum limit as stated in such
order, such money will be deposited into the said bank on the same day or on the next working day
(2) Moneys received as stated in sub-rule (1) shall not be appropriated to meet departmental
expenditure, nor otherwise kept apart from the Government account.
(3) No department of Government may require that any moneys received by it on account of the
revenues of the State or any dues and deposit to the Government, be kept out of the Government Account.
Illustration: If an officer is requested to remit money twice a week to the bank, he may, as a standing
arrangement under the orders of the Government, keep sums received by him up to three working days. He may
thus deposit moneys received on Friday, Monday or Tuesday, on Wednesday and moneys received on Wednesday
or Thursday, on Friday respectively.
3.02. In case Government dues and / or other form of Government receipts are tendered by cheques /
demand drafts, as stated in T.R. 3.07, such instruments shall invariably be deposited in the treasury linked bank or
such other banks authorised by the Finance Department within seven days or within the period of validity of the
instrument, whichever is earlier.
3.03. Notwithstanding anything contained in T.R. 3.01 of these rules, the direct appropriation of
departmental receipts for departmental expenditure shall be authorised in the case of:
(a) moneys received on account of the service of summonses, diet-money of witnesses and similar
purpose, in the civil, revenue and criminal cases;
(b) deposits received at a civil court and utilised by the court to meet claims for the refund of such
deposits;
(c) non-appealable criminal cases, compensation may be paid out of the fines imposed and realised
before the parties taking leave of the court. The realisation of the compensation fine from the
offending party and its disbursement to the injured party shall be noted in the proper columns of the
Fine Register, the Magistrate being responsible for the correctness of the entries made therein;
(d) fees received by the Government employees appointed as Notary Public, under the Negotiable
Instrument Act, 1881 (Act No. 26 of 1881), and utilised to defray legal expenses incurred by
them in the discharge of their duties as such Notary Public;
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(e) cash found on the persons of prisoners at the time of their admission to jail, and used for the
repayment by the Jail Superintendents under departmental regulations of similar sums due to other
prisoners, on their release;
(f) charges payable by the Ministers or the Government Officials on account of telephone calls made
for private purposes may be retained by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in departmental cash,
by making necessary entries in the Cash Book for adjustment by short drawals in the next bill.
Explanation. For the purpose of this rule, it is hereby declared that the authority given to appropriate
departmental receipts for departmental expenditure, as stated in clause (a) to clause (f), shall not be construed as
authority to keep the departmental receipts and expenses defrayed therefrom outside the account of the payments
into, and the withdrawals from, the Government Account.
3.04. Save as provided in T.R. 3.01 and T.R. 7.07 to T.R. 7.12, money received by any Government
employee, whether in an official or another capacity which do not relate to or form part of the revenue of the State,
shall not be included in the Government Account and such Government employee is not required to pay into the
Government Account any such money. If any doubt arises regarding the nature of the money received by any
Government Official, the matter shall be referred to the State Government whose decision shall be final.
3.05. (1) Save as hereinafter provided, a Government employee shall not, except with the express
permission of the Government, open a bank account in any commercial bank for depositing Government money
withdrawn from the Government Account:
Provided that the State Government may in exceptional or specific cases, allow any bank account outside
the Government Account, where the need is inescapable.
(2) With the permission of the Governor, his Secretary or the Military Secretary of the Governor may
open an account in a bank for the deposit of funds under the personal control of the Governor.
3.06. (1) The procedure to be adopted by the Government employees in receiving moneys on account
of the revenues of the State, granting receipts for such moneys and paying them into the Government Account of
the State, and by the bank in receiving such moneys and granting receipts for them shall be such as may be
specified by the State Government after consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, where necessary.
(2) The procedure so prescribed shall, among other matters, contain provisions so as to secure the
followings:
(a) any person, who desires to pay money into the treasury linked bank or any other bank authorised
by the Finance Department on Government Account, shall present with it a challan in
quadruplicate or triplicate and in such form as specified in clause (b). The challan shall clearly
show name and address of the person tendering the money, the nature of the payment, and the
person or Government employee or official on whose account it is made and shall contain all
the information necessary for the preparation of the receipt to be given in exchange and for the
proper accounts classification of the credit and its allocation between different concerned
departments of the State Government.
(b) The challan form shall, in general, be in T.R. Form No. 7 or such other form for specific class
of revenue receipts or dues or deposits as may be specified by the State Government from
time to time. The Head of account upto detailed Head and other particulars noted on challan
shall be verified and initialled as a token of verification by the Departmental Officer. If there is
no Departmental Officer at the place where the bank is situated, this verification shall be made
by the Treasury Officer. At the time of verification, it is to be ensured that the Head of account
upto the detailed Head is mentioned correctly. For the purpose of particular class of receipt,
the Head of account with code may be printed on the T.R.Form No.7, where necessary. After
verification, the challans shall be marked the original, the duplicate and the triplicate and
the Departmental Officer or the Treasury Officer as the case may be shall enface it with an
order to the bank to receive the money and to grant a receipt. All the copies of the challans
thus enfaced shall then be returned to the payer, who shall proceed with them to the bank. The
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bank shall receive the money and an acknowledgement shall be granted by the bank to the
payer on the original challan, the other two or three copies, as the case may be, being retained
by the bank to be forwarded to the treasury with the daily account;
(c) In cases where the money is tendered through the pass book, all the copies of challan may be
sent by the bank direct to the treasury. The treasury shall after taking action on them, retain one
copy and send the rest to the concerned Departmental Officer wherefrom the payers copy
shall be supplied. Without certification by the Departmental Officer or by the Treasury Officer,
the bank shall not accept such challan and receive the money. In case of any doubt, the bank
may refer the challan to the Treasury Officer for verification. One copy of the challan shall be
forwarded to the Departmental Officer by the treasury.
(d) in respect of deposits of moneys into the banks in Kolkata the provisions of clause (b) above
shall apply mutatis mutandis;
(e) if a cheque on local bank is accepted in payment of Government dues, a receipt for the
amount tendered by such cheque may be issued to the depositor, clearly indicating that the
receipt is valid, subject to realisation of the cheque. This amount shall be included in the daily
account rendered to the treasury by the bank on the date of realisation of the cheque;
(f) the advices of receipt under any provisions of these rules are required to be sent to offices
and departments and consolidated receipts or certificates of receipts by, any such provisions
required to be given to any office or departments, shall be given by the treasury on the basis of
the scroll received from the bank.
(g) moneys received by officers of the Departments named in column (2) of the Table below, shall
be received at the bank directly without the intervention of the Treasury Officer in accordance
with the special rule specified in column (3) of the Table thereof against the respective
Department :
Table:
Sl. No. Name of the Department Special rule
(1) (2) (3)
1. Public Works Department or Rule 3 to rule 5 of
Irrigation and Waterways Part I of Appendix 5.
Department
2. Forest Department. Rule 2 to rule 5 of
Part II of Appendix 5.
(h) challan forms shall be supplied to the bank by the treasury;
(i) in every case of recovery of overpayment made in cash, a challan shall be presented in triplicate,
containing full particulars of the number and date of encashment of the voucher and also the
Head of account under which the amount was originally drawn, one copy of the challan being
forwarded by the treasury to the Accountant-General(Accounts and Entitlements) , West
Bengal, in support of the credits incorporated in the monthly schedule of receipts of the
department concerned.
(3) The challans for payment of excise duty on portable foreign liquor, absolute alcohol, rectified
spirit, and spirit contained in medicinal and other preparations may, where necessary, be presented in quadruplicate.
(4) A special form of challan has been prescribed for the payment of tax under the West Bengal
Agricultural Income Tax Act, 1944 (West Bengal Act IV of 1944). The portion of the challan marked Original
in respect of payment of agricultural income tax received during a week shall be sent by the treasury or the bank to
the Agricultural Income Tax Officer within the next week at the latest, accompanied by an advice list showing all
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payments of tax received.
(5) For each and every repayment of loans made directly to the treasury by loanee, challan shall always be
presented in quadruplicate, one copy thereof being supplied to the respective collecting staff, as and when it is
credited.
(6) The challan for payment of sales tax need not be signed by the Departmental Officer, namely, the
Commercial Tax Officer concerned before presentation to the treasury. They shall be presented in quadruplicate.
One of the receipted copies of the challans shall be sent by the treasury or the bank to the Commercial Tax Officer
concerned within one week from the date of presentation in the treasury at the latest, accompanied by an advice list
showing all payments of tax received. Two copies of the receipted challans shall be returned to the dealer, namely,
the depositor.)
(7) In the case of payment of tax under the West Bengal Motor Vehicles Tax Act, 1979(West Ben. Act IX
of 1979) the treasury, shall, on the same day on which the payment is made, forward a copy of the challan to the
Taxing Officer concerned through a messenger if his office is located in the same place where the treasury, and by
post, in all other cases.
3.07. (1) The cheques or drafts on local banks may be accepted in payment of Government dues, or in
settlement of other transactions with the Government, if the cheques have been crossed by the drawer or the
acceptance of uncrossed cheques in that class of transactions has been permitted by the Government. A receipt for
the amount tendered by cheque or the draft may be issued clearly indicating that the receipt is valid, subject to
realisation of the cheque or the draft. A formal receipt shall be issued after clearance of the cheque or draft. The
collection charges of the bank, if any, shall be recovered by or under instructions of the bank from the party
presenting the cheque.
(2) The preliminary acknowledgement of the receipt of the cheque or the draft shall be given in the form as
mentioned below:
Received cheque / draft No. ...........for rupees......drawn on
on account of ............
as per challan No.
The receipt is valid subject to realisation of the cheque/draft.
(3) The Reserve Bank of India and any other bank acting as agent of the Reserve Bank of India shall
reserve the right to refuse the collection of cheques which, in their opinion, cannot reasonably be undertaken and
which they would not accept on behalf of their own constituents.
(4) The Collector of Excise, Kolkata, may accept cheques or drafts in payment of excise duty and to issue
passes before such cheques or drafts are realised subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions mentioned in
clause (a) to clause (c):
(a) that only cheques or drafts drawn on a bank mentioned in the Second Schedule appended
to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934(2 of 1934), are accepted;
(b) that such cheques or drafts are endorsed by the bank as accepted for payment or good
for payment; and
(c) that steps are taken to realise the said cheques or drafts without delay.
(5) The Collector of Stamp Revenue, Kolkata, may accept cheques or drafts through the State Bank Of
India, Esplanade Branch drawn by the West Bengal State Electricity Board, in payment of the cost of stamps to be
affixed on the documents executed by it and issue stamps before such cheques are realized subject to the fulfilment
of the following conditions mentioned in clause (a) and clause (b): -
(a) that cheques drawn on a bank mentioned in the Second Schedule appended to the Reserve Bank
of India Act, 1934, (2 of 1934); and
(b) that steps are taken to realise the said cheques without delay by the said bank.
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(6) In the event of a cheque or draft being dishonoured on presentation, the fact shall be reported at once
to the tenderer with a demand for payment in cash, and the Government shall not accept any liability for loss or
damage, which may possibly occur as a result of delay in intimating that the cheque has been dishonoured. The
dishonoured cheque or draft shall be returned to the tenderer on surrendering the preliminary acknowledgement
for the cheque or the draft.
(7) When Government dues which are payable by certain fixed dates are paid by cheque, the person
desiring to make such payment by cheque shall take suitable precautions to ensure that his cheque reaches the
receiving agency bank at the latest on the working day preceding the date on which the payment is to be made.
Cheques received on the last day of payment of Government dues may be refused at the discretion of the officer to
whom they are tendered and those received later shall not be accepted.
(8) The Government may, in relation to any particular class of transactions involving payment of Government
dues, issue orders varying or relaxing any of the conditions mentioned in this rule.
Explanation - The term local banks as used in this rule means banks (including the Reserve Bank and
the State Bank of India), located in the station in which a bank treasury is situated.
3.08. (1) When the cheque or draft is honoured on presentation, payment shall be deemed to have been
made
(a) if the cheque is handed over to the governments bankers or to a government officer authorised
to receive money on behalf of the Government, on the date on which it is so handed over; or
(b) if it is sent by post in pursuance of an instruction to make payment by post, on the date on
which the cover containing it is put into the post:
Provided that where a cheque is marked as not payable before a certain date, the payment shall not be
deemed to have been made until the date on which it becomes payable.
(2) The provisions of clause (b) of sub-rule (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to payments made to the
Government by postal money order or by any other recognised mode of remitting money by post.
3.09. The special rules for acceptance of cheques, bank pay orders and bank credit challans from the
public in some Departments shall be guided by the respective departmental regulations.
Issue of Duplicates or Copies of Receipts
3.10. (1) No duplicate or copies of receipt issued for money received shall be given by any Treasury
Officer or any other Government official on the ground that the originals have been lost.
(2) Where any necessity arises for issue of duplicates or copies of receipts, a certificate of credit
may be issued in the form given below on payment of a searching fee of Rs. 10 by the depositor for each certificate.
Certificate of credit
Certified that a sum of Rs (Rupees ..)
only has been credited to the Government of West Bengal under the Head of account.by
challan Nodated.in favour
Station...
Dated T. O./A. T. O. /
P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
(3) The certificate shall be issued on the application made by the depositor stating the loss of the original
treasury challan and giving his full address and the particulars of the deposit. A receipted challan showing payment
of the searching fee into the agency bank under the Head 0070-Other Administrative Services-60-800-Other
Receipts including Census-009-Receipt on Account of Other than Census-27-Other Receipts shall accompany
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the application.
(4) The prohibition under sub-rule (1) extends only to the issue of duplicates on the ground that originals
have been lost, and does not apply to cases authorised by these rules or by special orders of the State Government
in which duplicates have to be prepared and tendered with originals.
(5) All Government Departments shall be exempted from payment of the searching fee in respect of
deposits made by them but the benefit of such exemption shall not be admissible to any Public Sector Undertaking
or semi-Government Organisation or the local bodies.
(6) In respect of deposits of house rents made by tenants under the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act,
1997 (West Ben. Act XXXVII of 1997), certificate of credit may be requisitioned without payment of prescribed
fees by the authority who is competent to order refund of the amounts deposited by the tenants.
(7) The provisions of sub-rule (4) and sub-rule (5) shall not be applicable to certificates of credits issued
by the Reserve Bank of India, which shall continue to charge a searching fee as fixed by the bank, even when the
certificate of credit is issued at the request of Government Department.
Departmental Regulations
3.11. Subject to provisions of these rules, the detailed procedure to be adopted by any particular
department of the State Government with regard to realisation of Government dues and granting of receipt for the
money received may be prescribed by departmental regulations.
Payment of Money
3.12. The payments of money into the bank may be made in cash, but cheques, pay orders, deposits at
call receipt, bankers cheques or bank credit notes of the local banks, accepted under the provisions of the
foregoing rules, shall also be received for credit in the Government Account.
3.13. (1) Whenever under the provisions of T.R. 3.03, moneys received on account of the revenues of
the State, instead of being paid into the bank, are utilised to meet departmental expenditure, the gross receipts and
the payments made therefrom shall be entered into appropriate register for payments into and withdrawals from the
Government Account and accounts thereof in T. R. Form No. 5 shall be sent on a monthly basis to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlements), West Bengal, with full classification of the payment, so as to reach him by 5
th.
day of the following month. If the receipts are in excess of payments made, the excess shall be remitted to the bank
through challan.
(2) When a Departmental Officer remits a cheque to the bank in adjustment of departmental receipts
temporarily appropriated for departmental payments, the particulars of the cheque shall be noted on the challan or
remittance note.
3.14. An officer remitting a cheque to the bank for transfer credit in the Government Account, shall
endorse the words Received payment by transfer credit to (a). on the back of the
cheque and the amount shall be transfer credited through accompanying challan in triplicate. The officer who
endorses a cheque in blank shall be held primarily responsible for the loss, if by any chance such a cheque is paid
in cash.
Special Procedure applicable to Particular Departments
3.15. The procedure to be observed by the Public Works Department, Irrigation and Waterways
Department and the Forest Department in depositing moneys received by them into the Bank shall be regulated by
the rules laid down in Appendix 5. The procedure mentioned in the said appendix shall also be observed by the
Treasury Officer in handling such departmental remittances.
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CHAPTER 4
Withdrawal of Money from the Government Account
Section I General Principles
4.001. In this section, withdrawal refers to the withdrawal of the money from the Government account
for disbursement of or on behalf of the State.
4.002. Unless the Government after consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, directs otherwise, money may not be withdrawn from the Government Account without the written
permission of the concerned Treasury Officer or the Pension Disbursement Officer or the Pay and Accounts
Officers, Kolkata or an officer of the Indian Audit and Accounts Department authorised in this behalf by the
Accountant-General, (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal. All such withdrawal shall be made by drawing
cheques in accordance with the procedures as mentioned in Appendix 10.
4.003. The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, may permit withdrawal for
any purpose within provision of these rules or on authorisation by the State Government.
4.004. Subject to the provisions as hereinafter provided, the Treasury Officer may permit withdrawal
from the treasury linked bank for all or any of the purposes as stated in the following clause (a) to clause (f):
(a) to pay sums due from the State Government to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer;
(b) to provide the Drawing and Disbursing Officer with funds to meet his immediate requirements of
payment of claims likely to be presented against Government by
(i) other Government employees, or
(ii) private parties;
(c) to enable the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to supply funds to another Government employee to
meet similar claims as referred to in clause (b);
(d) to make any refund or repayment in accordance with any special provision of an Act or the rules
made thereunder;
(e) to enable an authority empowered to make investment of money standing in Government Account
for the purpose of such investment;
(f) to enable a Drawing and Disbursing Officer to draw grants-in-aid, contributions, subsidies, loans,
advances, scholarships, stipends, etc. for payment to a local body, the State Public Sector
Undertaking, semi-Government Organisation, non-Government Organisation, etc.
4.005. Unless expressly authorised by the Government or by the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, a Treasury Officer shall not permit withdrawal for any purpose not specified in T.R. 4.004.
4.006. Except as provided in T.R. 4.016 a Treasury Officer shall not permit withdrawal from bank for any
purpose unless the claim for withdrawal is presented by such person and in such form, and subject to such checks
by the Treasury Officer as stated in other relevant rules or order of the State Government for the time being in
force. The procedure for withdrawal from bank shall, inter alia, contain provisions so as to secure
(a) that any person having a claim against Government shall present his bill at the treasury through the
concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer, duly receipted and stamped, where necessary, and unless
otherwise specially provided, no such claim shall be paid unless the claim is first submitted to, and the
payment directed by, the Treasury Officer;
(b) that all bills and vouchers on which payment is ordered by the Treasury Officer shall clearly indicate the
complete Head of account to which the payment is to be debited, how the amount of the payment is to
be allocated between the different units under the same major heads and the amount or amounts, if any,
to be debited to other State Governments;
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(c) that separate bills shall be presented for withdrawals by one sanction for different major, sub-major,
minor, scheme or detail heads;
(d) that all such claims to a treasury for payment from a bank shall be presented through a Drawing and
Disbursing Officer or through Government officer authorised specifically to countersign the claim on
the basis of express delegation or on the basis of a Government order issued for this specific purpose.
4.007. (1) No Treasury Officer shall have a general authority to make payment on demands presented at
the treasury, except otherwise provided under these rules in respect of the authority to make payment by him.
(2) If a demand of any kind is presented at a treasury for payment which is not authorised by or under these
rules, or such authority is not covered by sanction of the State Government or not received from the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Treasury Officer shall decline payment for want of authority.
(3) A Treasury Officer has no authority to act under an order of the State Government sanctioning a
payment, unless the order is an express one directing him to make the payment and specifying the name of the
treasury, the name of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, purpose of sanction and the Head of account in full, for
the purpose of such payment.
(4) The Treasury Officer shall check the order received and verify, the authenticity of the order communicated
to him.
(5) In case the Treasury Officer has not received the communication directly from the concerned sanctioning
authority, he may act upon the order on the basis of a copy of the sanction duly attested by the sanctioning authority
and in such case, sufficient precaution shall be taken by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the Treasury
Officer to guard against payment on the basis of original order.
4.008. A Treasury Officer shall not honour a claim, which he considers to be doubtful. He shall return the
bill with necessary comments or clarifications. He may, in case he is not satisfied with the clarification of the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer, refer the same to the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, for
further clarification of orders. He may either return the bill with necessary comments to the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer or seek further clarification from the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal. In order to ensure
checking of bills with reference to sanction order or authority, a suitable record shall be maintained at the treasury
for noting the sanction order or authority with attestation by the Treasury Officer. After payment of the bill, the
relevant sanction order or authority shall be cancelled in red ink. An Allotment Register (showing DDO wise and
Unit wise) shall also be maintained at the treasury for noting the expenditure drawn against the allotment of fund. If
the Government direct otherwise, no bill shall be entertained unless there is allotment of fund.
4.009. Except as provided by T.R. 4.010 and 4.011, a payment shall, unless Government by general or
special order otherwise directs, be made by the treasury under jurisdiction of which the claim arises.
4.010. (1) The leave-salary and other allowances of the Government employees including officers may be
paid from the office from which their pay and allowances were being drawn immediately before they proceeded on
leave.
(2) In case of transfer, the leave-salary may be drawn from the new place of posting on the basis of Last
Pay Certificate and non-drawal Certificate.
(3) In case of retirement or superannuation, the claim of retired or superannuated employee shall be drawn
from the place from where he retired or superannuated, by the last Drawing and Disbursing Officer or by an officer
authorised by the Government and a revised Last Payment Certificate shall be issued accordingly.
4.011. The pension payable in India may be paid from any treasury of the State, unless a particular
pension is payable by the bank.
4.012. (1) No withdrawal of money shall be permitted in order to meet the pay, leave-salary, a reward or
a fee in respect of a group A Government employee without the order of the Head of the Office or Department or
the authority empowered by the State Government to sanction those charges.
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(2) The withdrawal of money in order to meet increment in pay in respect of permanent Government
employees of all categories may be drawn by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers on the due date without any
order of the Head of the office or the higher authority, unless otherwise withheld by written order. In respect of
large establishments like Secretariat establishment, increment in pay shall be drawn by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer on the basis of increment certificate issued by the authorised Officer empowered for the purpose. This,
however, does not dispense with recording of annual or periodical increment in pay in the Service Book by the
Head of the office.
(3) No withdrawal of money shall be permitted in order to make payment of any pension and gratuity until
the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and
Group Insurance, West Bengal or the Legislative Assembly Secretariat has issued authority for such drawal. This
restriction shall not apply in respect of provisional pension or provisional gratuity payment ordered by the head of
the office.
4.013. No withdrawal of money shall be permitted on a claim for the first time of any series of payment
from a treasury on salaries to a Government employee other than a person newly appointed to a Government
service, unless such claim is supported by a last pay certificate in T.R. Form No.13. The last pay certificate shall be
issued by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, in all cases. Unless a last pay certificate is surrendered to the
concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer with due order for drawal of personal entitlement on salaries, etc, from
the new station, the Treasury Officer shall not permit any withdrawal of money in respect of salary of the officer.
4.014. The Treasury Officer shall be responsible to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal and the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West
Bengal for acceptance of the validity of a claim against which he has permitted withdrawal of money.
4.015. The Treasury Officer shall obtain sufficient information as to the nature of every payment he is
making and shall not accept a claim, which does not formally present that information, unless there are valid
reasons, which he shall record in writing for omitting it.
4.016. (1) A Treasury Officer may object to the payment of a bill through objection memo, as prescribed
in Appendix 10. The Treasury Officer may also pass any claim after retrenchment giving intimation of retrenchment
through a retrenchment slip prescribed in the said Appendix 10.
(2) A bill containing an arithmetical inaccuracy or an obvious mistake may be cleared by the Treasury
Officer indicating the deficiency in the bill through half margin memo given in Annexure E of Appendix 10.
(3) A Treasury Officer may make payment of a bill on a provisional basis as required under these rules
indicating the objections raised, which shall be clarified by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer within 15 days.
4.017. (1) A Government official who is authorised to draw money by means of cheques, shall notify to
the bank and the Treasury Officer upon which he draws, the number of each cheque book brought into use and the
numbers of cheque folios it contains.
(2) Unless otherwise permitted by the State Government, all payments at the treasury shall be made by
drawing cheques. The rules in respect of payment by cheques at treasuries shall be prescribed in Appendix 10.
(3) The procedures for payment of pension through the public sector banks shall be prescribed in Appendix
15 Part-A and Part-B.
4.018. (1) When a Government official who is authorised to draw or countersign cheques or bills payable
at the treasury or the bank, makes over charge of his office to another, he shall send a specimen of the relieving
Government officers signature to the Treasury Officer or the bank, as the case may be.
(2) The specimen signature of a Drawing and Disbursing Officer in respect of a newly established office or
an office shifted from the jurisdiction of one treasury to another treasury, shall be forwarded to the concerned
Treasury Officer along with a letter of authority to draw fund, by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal.
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(3) The Treasury officer shall not make any payment to the new Drawing and Disbursing Officer till he
receives the specimen signature of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer along with the letter of authority from the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(4) The District Magistrate may, however, authorise provisional payment of one or two establishment bills
of such newly established office subject to the condition that he is personally satisfied about the identity of the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer and genuineness of the said office. As and when the District Magistrate permits
provisional payment, he shall obtain post-facto approval of the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal.
4.019. (1) Four sets of specimen signature of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer or the Countersigning
Officer in respect of a newly established office shall be sent to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, along with the order in which the officer is declared competent to draw fund or, as the case may be,
to countersign bills along with the Government order creating the establishment. The specimen signatures shall be
attested by the authority sanctioning the establishment of such newly established office.
(2) On receipt of the authority from the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the
Treasury Officer shall request the Director of Treasuris and Accounts, West Bengal for assignment of code number
to the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer and after receiving the code number from Director of Treasuries
and Accounts, West Bengal the same shall be communicated to the Drawing and Disbursing officer and the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
Section. - II Procedure for Withdrawal
Mode of withdrawal
4.020. Save as otherwise specially provided in these rules, money may not be withdrawn from
the Government Account except by presentation of bills to the treasury. If the bills so presented are found admissible,
the Treasury Officer shall issue cheques for payment in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) of rule 4.021
The purpose for which and the conditions under which money may be drawn directly by cheques are specified
herein.
Explanation. For the purpose of this rule, a bill is statement of claims against the Government specifying
the nature and amount of the claim either in gross or by items, and includes such a statement presented in the form
of a simple receipt and such a bill or a cheque becomes a voucher when such bill duly receipted and stamped
paid.
Presentation of claims
4.021. (1) Save as hereinafter provided, all bills or cheques in payment of claims against Government
shall be presented by an authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer through duly authenticated Bill Transit Register
maintained in T. R. Form No. 6 at the treasury, depending on the location of the office of the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer or of the office of authorised officer for disbursement. Such bills shall be duly receipted and
stamped, where necessary.
(2) After such checks and verification as stated in these rules and other relevant regulations for the time
being in force, if a bill is found admissible, the Treasury Officer shall issue cheque drawn upon the linked bank
against the bill.
(3) The rules for issue of cheques against bills shall be prescribed separately in Appendix 10.
4.022. When a person not in Government employment claims payment for work done, services rendered
or goods and articles supplied, such claims shall be submitted through the authorised Drawing and Disbursing
Officer of the Head of the office under whose immediate order the works were done, services rendered or supplies
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made. Such claims shall be presented in prescribed form of bill to the treasury through the authenticated Bill Transit
Register of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the unit and shall be supported with necessary sub-voucher, i.e.,
parties bill duly receipted and stamped where required with necessary pay order issued over the same by the
competent authority.
4.023. The procedure to be observed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers of the Works Executing
Departments and the Forest Department for withdrawal from the Government Account shall be regulated by the
provisions prescribed in Appendix-5.
Arrear Claims
4.024. (1) Every Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall arrange to draw a claim immediately after it becomes
due.
(2) If, for any reason a claim has not been preferred within one year of its becoming due, the same may be
drawn in such manner as stated in sub-rule (3) to sub-rule (6).
(3) The claims of Government employees relating to arrears of pay, allowances, increments etc., and
claims of persons not in Government service which have been allowed to remain in abeyance for a period exceeding
one year but not exceeding three years may be sanctioned by the Head of the office for drawal after verification of
the records of the concerned office. Before according such sanction, the Head of the office shall ensure that details
of claims of Government employees have been duly entered in the respective service books and that a certificate
from the Drawing and Disbursing Officer about non-drawal of the claim has been recorded. The reasons for non-
drawal shall be explained by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the Head of the office shall satisfy himself that
the delay is not due to negligence or carelessness on the part of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer. If the Head of
the office is himself the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in respect of a claim, such verification of claim shall be
made by the next higher authority, unless the amount of claim is Rs.1000/- or less. The fact of drawal of such arrear
shall also be suitably recorded in the service book of the concerned Government employee.
(4) The claims of Government employees relating to arrears of pay, allowances, increments etc., and
claims of persons not in Government service which have remained undrawn for a period exceeding three years but
not exceeding six years shall be paid after the same is verified and sanctioned by the Head of the Department with
reference to the service record, the non-drawal certificate of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, the reason
explaining such non-drawal with reference to any other record as may be considered necessary for verification of
the claim. In respect of arrear claims of the office of the Head of the Department, the Head of the Department shall
himself verify the genuineness of the claim and if satisfied, accord sanction to the drawal. In respect of personal
claims of the Heads of Department himself and the officers above him, the sanction shall be accorded in each case
by the administrative Department after verification of the entitlement to the arrears with reference to records
mentioned above. The fact of drawal of such arrear shall also be suitably recorded in the service book of the
concerned Government employee.
(5) The claims of Government employees relating to arrear of pay, allowances, increment, etc., and claims
of persons not in Government service which have fallen into arrears for a period exceeding six years, but not time
barred in accordance with the provisions of law relating to the Limitation Act, 1963 (36 of 1963), shall be investigated
and sanctioned by the administrative Department. The fact of drawal of such arrear shall also be suitably recorded
in the service book of the concerned Government employee.
(6) In all cases of sanction to arrear claims, it shall be clearly indicated that the officers and staff allowed to
draw the arrear claim are entitled to the claim. A declaration from the concerned employee shall be obtained to the
effect that in case of excess payment, the same shall be recovered from his/her pay and/or gratuity. In all such
cases, sanctions for drawal shall be communicated to the concerned treasury, the administrative Department, the
Finance (Internal Audit) Department, the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, or the
Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal, and the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal.
(7) In all cases of claims arising retrospectively on the basis of sanctions or orders issued on a subsequent
date, the period of one year or three years or six years referred to in sub-rule (3) to sub-rule (6), shall be calculated
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from the date of sanction order and not from the date from which the claim arises.
(8) The arrears of pay and allowance, including fixed allowances, leave salary or contract allowances, shall
be drawn, not in the ordinary monthly bill, but in a separate bill, the amount claimed for each month being entered
separately, quoting the bill from which the charge was omitted or withheld, or on which it has been refunded by
deduction, or of any special order of competent authority granting a new allowance or an increase in pay. A note
of the arrear bill, shall invariably be made in the office copy of the bills or the Pay Bill Register for the period to
which the claim pertains, over the dated initials of the drawer of the arrear bill, in order to avoid the risk of the
arrears being claimed more than once.
(9) The certificate to be given on the body of the bill for arrear claims regarding non-drawal of the same in
the original bill, shall be furnished in the following forms
Arrear claim drawn in this bill has not been drawn before and necessary notes have been kept in the
Office copies of the relevant bills / Pay Bill Register under my dated initial..
(10) (a) The arrears of pay and allowances pertaining to a post held previously, the arrear pay and allowances
due in respect of the old post (on account of a re-fixation of pay and allowances) may be drawn by the present
Drawing and Disbursing Officer who is responsible to draw and disburse emoluments of the Government employee
against the new post under the same Department or another Department of the Government of West Bengal or any
Department of other Government.
(b) The Due and Drawn Statement in respect of arrears shall be prepared by the latter Drawing and
Disbursing Officer and sent to that of the earlier office or parent office, as the case may be, for verification of the
claim.
(c) The earlier office or parent office may check such Due and Drawn Statement, make entries in their
records and return to the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer with a certificate that the arrears relating to
the Government employee have been correctly calculated and noted in the relevant office copies of the bills or the
Pay Bill Register.
(d) On receipt of the Due and Drawn Statement duly vetted, the arrear bill may be presented for drawal.
If inter-departmental or inter-Governmental adjustment is required in regard to the arrears, the concerned office
shall record the classification and acceptance of the debit.
(11) (a) The arrears of dearness allowance or additional dearness allowance sanctioned by the Government
retrospectively after the transfer of a Government employee from one Department to another Department or one
office to another in the same Department or any Department of other Government, shall be drawn and paid by the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer responsible for drawal and disbursement of the emoluments of the Government
employee against the new post, without getting the Due and Drawn Statement verified from the previous Drawing
and Disbursing Officer.
(b) Before making such payment, it shall be verified from the service book, leave account and last pay
certificate that there is no spell of unauthorised absence/half-pay leave/ extra-ordinary leave, during the period for
which the arrears are payable in respect of a Government employee. (The cases involving such spells shall be
regulated by the provisions of the main rule.).
(c) An intimation of the payment of such arrears having been made shall be sent by the new Drawing and
Disbursing Officer to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the earlier office for keeping necessary note in the pay
bill register. He may check the details of payments authorised by the new Drawing and Disbursing Officer and in
case any discrepancy or overpayment is noticed, he shall intimate it to the new Drawing and Disbursing Officer for
recovery from the Government employee.
(d) The previous Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall send a confirmation to the present Drawing and
Disbursing Officer about his having kept a note of the payment of arrears in the pay bill register. The Drawing and
Disbursing Officer shall watch the receipt of such a confirmation from the previous Drawing and Disbursing Officer
and shall make a note to this effect in the pay bill register of his office.
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personal claims of such employees including salaries, travelling allowance advances, honorarium, overtime sanctioned
and disbursed by the competent authority, etc. relating to the old post may be drawn at the new Headquarters or
at the place in which the pay and allowances in respect of the new post is drawn subject to the observance of the
provisions of the forgoing rules relating to drawal of salaries and subject to the condition that Tour Diary had been
approved by the Controlling Officer at the old place of posting and travelling allowance bill is signed by the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer or countersigned by the Controlling Officer at the new place of posting and also
subject to observance of the provision of rule 166A of the West Bengal Service Rules, Part-II.
(13) In case of Government employees transferred on foreign service terms, the arrear personal claims
including travelling allowance advances shall be drawn either from the office of the foreign employer or from the
place of last posting as may be decided by the administrative Department.
(14) No personal claim shall be allowed to be drawn from the old place of posting after issue of the last pay
certificate in favour of a Government employee on his transfer.
(15) In case of deceased Government employees, the arrears of pay and allowances shall be paid to the
claimants as mentioned in T.R. 4.084 in the same manner as mentioned in sub-rule (3) to (6).
(16) The provisions of sub-rule (1), read with sub-rule (3) to sub-rule (6), shall not be applicable to the
claims on
(a) arrear Pension Payment;
(b) arrear interest on Government Securities; or
(c) any other arrear claims, payments of which are governed by special rules or orders of the Government
or orders of the Court.
General instructions regarding the preparation and form of Bills
4.025. (1) The instructions with regard to the preparation of bills shall be such as stated in sub-rule (2) to
sub-rule (15).
(2) The printed forms of bills as stated in sub-rule (1), shall be adopted in the language of English or Bengali
or Nepali. The bills relating to various classes of claims shall be preferred in such Form as may be prescribed for
the purpose.
(3) All bills shall be filled in and signed in indelible ink or ball-point pen. The amount of each bill shall be
written in words as well as in figures. The fraction of a rupee shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee and the word
only shall be written after the amount in words and care shall be taken to leave no space for interpolation.
(4) The contractors bills, which are treated as sub-vouchers for the purpose of drawing contingent bills by
the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, may be filled in ink or ball-point pen. The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall
record his pass orders with signature in ink or ball-point pen. All other bills or cash memoranda are supporting
documents, which shall be treated in the same way as sub-vouchers.
(5) Corrections in the total of the bill whether made in words or in figures shall be attested by the full
signature of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer with date instead of dated initials. Such correction shall be avoided
and in case of a complicated bill, such correction shall be allowed if attested by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer.
(6) Erasures and overwriting in any bill are absolutely forbidden and shall be avoided. If any correction
becomes necessary, the incorrect entry shall be cancelled neatly in red ink and the correction shall be entered. Each
such correction or alteration or addition shall be authenticated by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer with his
dated initials.
(7) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer Code and the full accounts classification (17 digit /19 digit code)
with demand number, Departmental Code, shall be recorded on each bill by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
The classification in the budget shall be followed. When allocation between different Heads of accounts is made by
the competent authority, a separate bill shall be drawn for each head of account.
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(8) The charges against two or more major, sub-major, minor, scheme, or detail heads shall not be included
in one bill.
(9) When bills are presented on account of charges incurred under any special orders, the orders sanctioning
the charge shall be quoted. The copies of sanction accompanying a bill shall be duly certified by a Group A
Government employee or by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
(10) The authority under which deductions are made in a bill, shall be quoted.
(11) The dates of payment shall, when possible, be noted by the payees in their acknowledgements in sub-
vouchers, acquittance rolls, etc. If, for any reason, such as illiteracy or the presentation of receipts in anticipation of
payment it is not possible for the dates of payment to be noted by the payees, the dates of actual payment shall be
noted by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers on the documents under their initials, either separately for each
payment or by groups, as may be found convenient.
(12) When the Drawing and Disbursing Officer requires payment to be made through some other person
or agency, he shall specifically endorse an order or furnish such authorisation as may be necessary to pay to that
specified person or agency. When payment is desired wholly or partly by a Demand draft, a formal application
alongwith the cheque obtained against the relevant bill shall be made to the concerned agency bank.
(13) The oblique lines shall be drawn to cover the space left blank either in the money column or in the
column for particulars of the bill.
(14) A note to the effect that the amount of the bill is below a specified amount expressed in whole rupees
shall invariably be recorded on the body of the bill in indelible ink or ball-point pen. The amount so specified shall
be the figure next above the net amount payable but not in excess of the next ten rupees.
(15) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer on every bill record a certificate stating that the amount claimed
in the bill has not earlier been drawn and that the office copy and the fair copy have been compared and found to
be agreed.
4.026. All bills for drawal from Government Account shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee (fractions
of 50 paise and above to be rounded off to the next higher rupee and the fractions of less than 50 paise to be
ignored) in accordance with the following principles as laid down in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (10): -
(2) Except for petty cash (i.e. across the counter type) transactions which are reflected in the departmental
cashbooks, all Government transactions, whether involving actual receipt/payments or book adjustments shall be
in whole rupee.
(3) The only type of transactions, which may involve paise, shall be cash transactions for petty purchases
or sales, tram/ bus fare that are reflected in subsidiary books of accounts like Petty Cash Books.
(4) The interest on loans or advances to Government employees, which is computed as a percentage of
base amount and recovery of which is effected in instalments, shall be made recoverable in whole rupee.
(5) All inner columns of Salary Bills on account of deductions for premium on postal life insurance, income
tax, professional tax, etc, shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee. Similarly, all entitlements due to an employee of
the Government by way of house rent allowance, or dearness allowance or travelling allowance, etc. shall be
rounded off to the nearest rupee. All book transactions including entries appearing in, inner columns of bills shall
have to be in whole rupee. All transactions through cheques or drafts or challans shall only be in whole rupee.
(6) All claims on Government by utility or service institutions like the Electricity Boards or the Corporations,
etc., shall be made in whole rupees.
(7) All transactions relating to payment of pensions to the pensioners of the State Government shall be
made in whole rupee.
(8) The amount of Government transactions converted into Indian currency from foreign currencies shall
be rounded off to whole rupee.
(9) The payments for claims in respect of office expenses, other charges etc., where claimants have no
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objection, shall be rounded off to the whole rupee, subject to the condition that the rounding off of the fraction of
a rupee shall be done in respect of the net amount payable on a bill and shall not be in respect of the individual items
of claims or adjustments in the bill.
(10) In case of travelling allowance bill of a Government employee, the rounding off shall be done only at
the last stage and shall not be in respect of each item, e.g., railway fare, mileage, daily allowance, etc., comprising
the claims of the individual.
(11) In case of recoupment bill of permanent advance, the claim shall be in round figure and the difference,
if any, shall be adjusted at the end of the Financial Year while closing the books of accounts
Signature and Countersignature on bills
4.027. Unless the Government has expressly authorised in this behalf, no payment shall be made on a bill
or order signed by an officer other than the authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
4.028. (1) The Head of an office, if he himself is a Drawing and Disbursing Officer, may, as a temporary
measure and to meet an emergent situation, authorise any Group A Government employee serving under him to
sign a bill or order on his behalf, communicating the name and the specimen signature of the officer to the treasury
concerned. This temporary measure to authorise a Group A Government employee shall not relieve the Head of
the office, in any way, of his responsibility for the accuracy of the bill or for disbursement of the money. In such
cases, the authorised Group A Government employee shall sign for the Head of office.
Illustration. In any District, if the Nazareth Deputy Collector is authorised by the Collector to sign bill,
he shall sign as Nazareth Deputy Collector, for Collector.
(2) The concerned administrative Department with the concurrence of the Finance Department shall issue
order for changing of a Drawing and Disbursing Officer on permanent basis from one Group A Government
employee to other Group-A Government employee.
Illustration. When the designation of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer is changed permanently from
the Head of office to other subordinate officer like: from Head of Office to the Accounts Officer or from Deputy
Director to the Assistant Director etc., the provision of sub-rule (2) shall be applicable.
(3) The concerned Head of the Department shall issue an order for changing a Drawing and Disbursing
Officer as a stop-gap measure when the regular Drawing and Disbursing Officer goes on leave or is transferred and
the new incumbent has not joined and the post is lying vacant i.e., the designation of the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer is changed temporarily such as from the Assistant Director to the Joint Director.
(4) When Head of office himself is not the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the regular Drawing and
Disbursing Officer goes on leave or is transferred and the new incumbent has not joined, the Head of office shall
issue an order directing another Group A Government employee under his control to take the charge of the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer as a temporary measure. In such cases the designation of the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer shall not be changed.
(5) Every order under sub-rule (2), sub-rule (3) or sub-rule (4), as the case may be, shall be communicated
to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Director of Treasuries and Accounts
West Bengal, the concerned Treasury Officer, the treasury linked bank and Finance (Internal Audit) Department.
4.029. The bills requiring prior counter signature shall not be accepted by a treasury unless such bills have
been countersigned.
4.030. (1) The bills, which require authority from the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, as stated in sub-rule (2), shall not be presented to the treasury without the necessary authority from
the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(2) The types of payments as mentioned in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) shall be subject to authorisation from
the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, before withdrawal of money under any rule or
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order for the time being in force.
(a) all pensionary benefits of retired Government employees and non-Government College Teachers
and non-teaching staff;
(b) refund of lapsed deposit, the detailed account of which is not maintained in the treasury;
(c) inter-Government settlement.
(d) payment of the Provident Fund balances of the Government employees other than Group D.
Duplicates and copies of bills, etc.
4.031. (1) No Government officer shall issue duplicates or copies of bills or other documents for the
payment of money, which has already been paid, on reported loss of the originals. If any necessity arises for such
a document, a certificate may be issued by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer that on a specified day a certain
sum has been paid to a certain person. This restriction does not apply to cases where, by any rule or special order
issued by the Government, duplicates have to be prepared and tendered with the originals.
(2) (a) Where a bill passed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer or the Controlling Officer for
presentation at the treasury and subsequently such bill has been lost either before payment or before
presentation at the treasury, the Government Officer who drew the original bill shall ascertain from the
treasury that payment has not been made on it before he issues a duplicate thereof.
(b) Where a duplicate bill has been issued, the Government officer shall immediately communicate
to the Treasury Officer with instructions to refuse payment on the original bill if presented.
(c) On necessary verification of all relevant records, the concerned Treasury Officer shall issue
non-payment certificate and also issue firm instruction to all concerned so that no payment is made in its
future presentation, if subsequently traced out.
(d) In case a duplicate copy of the bill is issued, such duplicate copy of the bill shall bear distinctly
on its face the word Duplicate written in red ink and the Treasury Officer shall record a certificate on
such duplicate bill stating that the original bill has not been presented for payment or no payment has been
made on the original on account of loss of the same.
(3) When any kind of bill is required to be prepared in duplicate or triplicate, only one copy shall be
signed or countersigned in full and the other copy or copies may be only initialled.
Stamps for receipts
4.032. (1) Receipts for all sums exceeding rupees 5000 shall be stamped under section 3, read with item
53 of Schedule 1 of the Indian Stamp Act (Act 2 of 1899), unless they are exempt from stamp duty. A list of items
relating to receipt, which is authorised to be exempted, shall be mentioned in Appendix 9.
(2) In determining whether the receipt obtained in respect of an amount drawn on a bill preferred against
Government shall be stamped or not, the net amount of the bill and not the gross amount payable shall be taken into
account, unless the receipt is exempted under the exceptions referred to above.
(3) The provisions of the rule shall apply mutatis mutandis to payments made by Government funded
bodies like the Universities or the local bodies.
Cheques
4.033. Save as expressly provided in these rules, no person shall be authorised to draw money on more
than one treasury by means of cheques without special order of the Government and before he has been placed in
account with that treasury by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
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4.034. (1) The cheques shall be drawn on forms in Cheque Books, which shall be supplied by the Treasury
Officer under whose jurisdiction the office of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer is located. The Treasury Officer
shall obtain the Cheque Books from the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, on proper requisition.
(2) The Treasury Officer shall maintain in Annexure R of Appendix 10 a Stock Register of Cheques
Books.
4.035. The Treasury Officer shall supply one Cheque Book only on receipt of the printed requisition form
of the Cheque Book under use, duly signed by the officer authorised in this behalf.
4.036. Separate Cheque Book shall be used for each treasury. The cheques from Cheque Books obtained
from a particular treasury shall not be drawn on other treasury-linked bank.
4.037. The Cheque Drawing Officer shall notify to the treasury as well as the linked agency bank, the
number of each Cheque Book which from time to time he brings into use and the number of cheque foils it contains.
4.038. On receipt of a Cheque Book, the Cheque Book shall be carefully examined by the Cheque
Drawing Officer who shall count the number of forms contained in each and record a certificate of count on the
flyleaf.
4.039. Each Cheque Book shall be kept under lock and key in the personal custody of the Cheque
Drawing Officer who, when relieved, shall indicate in the Charge Reports in form as may be prescribed the exact
number of cheques made over to the relieving officer.
4.040. In case the Cheque Book issued to the authorised officer is no longer required for use for any
reason, such Cheque Book containing unused cheque-forms shall be cancelled by writing the word Cancelled
prominently across each cheque-form and counter-foil without signature of the Cheque Drawing Officer and
thereafter returned to the Treasury Officer concerned who shall destroy them by incineration in the presence of the
Collector, after keeping a note of the fact in the relevant records of the treasury under proper attestation.
4.041. The loss of a Cheque Book or blank cheque form shall be notified promptly to the Treasury
Officer with whom the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned has a drawing account and also to the concerned
treasury linked bank.
4.042. (1) All cheques shall have written across them in words, under rupees ___
______________________ only, at right angles to the type, a sum of rupee one in excess of the amount drawn
in the cheque.
Explanation. For the purpose of this sub-rule, in drawing or cashing a cheque, it shall be remembered
that a common form of fraud consists in altering the word one into four by prefixing an f and changing the e
into an r, the figures being easily altered to correspond. The word twenty written carelessly may be changed
into seventy. The drawer of a cheque in which these words occur shall, therefore, so write them as to make the
fraud impossible and the treasury shall examine the words and corresponding figures with special care.
(2) All cheques other than computer printed cheques shall be written in ink or in ball-point pen.
4.043. (1) Every cheque drawn in favour of Government officers and departments in settlement of
Government dues shall be crossed A/C payee only-Not negotiable.
(2) In the absence of a specific request to the contrary from the payee, the cheques drawn in favour of
corporate bodies, firms or private persons shall also be crossed. Subject to any instructions received from the
payee, a cheque shall be crossed and Co. with the addition of the words Not
negotiable between the crossing. Where the payee is believed to have a Banking account, further precautions shall
be adopted, where possible, by crossing the cheque specially (instead of by the general crossing
and Co.) by quoting the name of the bank, branch and account number through which
the payee shall receive payment and by adding the words A/C payee only-Not negotiable. This rule shall apply
to all cases where the use of crossed cheques is prescribed.
(3) The procedure prescribed in this rule applies mutatis mutandis to Indian Postal Orders used for
remittance of money on Government account.
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4.044. (1) Every cheque drawn by a Cheque Drawing Officer on the bank shall be presented to the
treasury for necessary enfacement with the Pay Order by the Treasury Officer. Every cheque drawn in favour of
a Government official in settlement of Government dues shall be payable to order only. When, however, a cheque
is issued in favour of a Government official for payment of personal claim or dues in excess of rupees twenty
thousand (Rs.20,000), the cheques shall be Account Payee; but when a cheque is issued in favour of the person
not in Government employment for a sum exceeding rupees two thousand and five hundred (Rs.2500/-), the
cheque shall be invariably an Account Payee one in the name of the Payee.
(2) Ordinarily, a cheque payable to order shall not be cashed by the bank unless it is receipted by the
payee himself or other person in whose favour it is regularly endorsed for payment. In special cases, where the
authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer is unable to receive the cheque, himself, payable to his order, owing to
his absence on tour or for any other reason, and when he considers that strict compliance with the rule ordinarily
shall cause inconvenience, he may especially authorise, in writing, any subordinate official to endorse on his behalf
cheques drawn in his favour by official designation with necessary attestation of the signature of the officer so
authorised.
(3) When a cheque is presented not for cash payment but for transfer credit in the treasury accounts, the
officer desiring the remittance by transfer shall endorse the words Received payment by transfer credit to the
Head of account _______________ along with challan.
4.045. No advice of the cheques issued or enfaced by a treasury need be sent to the bank.
4.046. As a general rule, cheques shall not be issued for sums less than rupees one hundred only(Rs.100/
-) unless this is permissible under the provisions of any law or rule having the force of law, except in the following
cases:
(a) cheques on account of Wards and attached estates;
(b) cheques issued for withdrawal of landlords fees and landlords transfer fees deposited in a Personal
Ledger Account at the treasury.
4.047. All corrections and alterations in a cheque shall be attested by the Cheque Drawing Officer by his
full signature.
4.048. (1) Cheques shall be payable at any time within three months after the month of issue.
Illustration: A cheque bearing date any time in January is payable at any time up to 30
th
April.
(2) Unless otherwise directed by the Finance Department, cheque drawn at any date by the Cheque
Drawing Officer of the Forest Department or the Works Executing Departments shall be payable upto the end of
the financial year, i.e., by 31
st
March. The cheque number of the last cheque drawn on the last working day of the
financial year shall be intimated to the concerned Treasury Officer and to the authority, who issued the letter of
credit.
4.049. (1) When it is necessary to cancel a cheque, such cancellation of cheque shall be recorded on the
counterfoil of the cheque or in case of computerised treasury, on the duplicate carbon copy of the cheque and the
cheque, if in the drawers possession, shall be destroyed.
(2) The fact of such cancellation or destruction as stated in sub-rule (1), shall be recorded in relevant
registers.
(3) If the cheque is not in the drawers possession, the drawer shall promptly address the Treasury Officer
and the treasury linked bank to stop payment of the cheque, and on ascertaining that the payment has been
stopped, the drawer shall make necessary cancellation entry in his accounts and register.
(4) A cheque remaining unpaid for any cause for six months after the month of its issue or on the expiry of
30
th
June of the next financial year whichever is earlier shall be cancelled in the above manner and its amount
written back in the accounts.
(5) The fact of such cancellation in respect of enfaced cheque shall be informed to the concerned Treasury
Officer and the Treasury Officer shall record such cancellation in the appropriate Ledger and Registers.
4.050. (1) If the Cheque Drawing Officer is informed that a cheque issued by him has been lost, such
Cheque Drawing Officer shall immediately inform to the nearest police station and shall make a request, along with
copy of such information to the Treasury Officer and the linked bank for stop payment of the lost cheque.
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(2) The bank shall issue a Stop-Payment certificate. If the original cheque is presented afterwards, the
officer of the bank shall refuse payment and return the cheque to the person presenting it after writing across it
Payment stopped.
(3) If, after search through the lists of cheques paid, the Treasury officer, finds that the cheque has not been
cashed, he shall then record it in his accounts and Registers and issue a certificate in the following form to the
Cheque Drawing Officer:-
Certified that cheque No. . dated for Rs. .. reported by the
_______________________ (the designation of the Cheque Drawing Officer) to have been drawn by him on this
treasury in favour of . has not been paid.
If the original cheque is presented afterwards, the officer of the treasury shall refuse payment and return
the cheque to the person presenting it after writing across it Payment stopped.
(4) If the currency of a cheque expires on a Saturday, the Treasury Officer shall also verify the list of
cheques paid for the subsequent working day of the treasury-linked bank.
(5) The Cheque Drawing Officer shall, on receipt of the certificates duly signed by the treasury and the
linked bank, enter in his account the original cheque as cancelled and may issue another cheque.
4.051. (1) If a cheque is issued by the Government in payment of any sum due by the Government and
that cheque is honoured on presentation to the treasury linked bank, payment shall be deemed to be made
(a) where the cheque is handed over to the payee or his authorised messenger, on the date it is so
handed over; or
(b) where it is posted to the payee in pursuance of a request for payment by post, on the date on which the
cover containing it is put into the post.
(2) The provisions of clause (b) of sub-rule (1) shall apply mutatis mutandis for payment made by the
Government by Postal Money Order or by any other recognised mode of remitting money by post.
(3) The cheques marked as not payable before a specified date shall not be charged to the account until the
date on which they become payable.
Letters of credit, assignments and other orders for payments
4.052. (1) Where under the provisions of these rules or under special orders of the Government, a letter
of credit or assignment in T.R. Form No. 8 is issued in favour of a Drawing and Disbursing Officer, such letter of
credit or assignment shall specify the maximum amount upto which the officer credited shall have authority to draw
on the particular treasury linked bank on which the letter of credit or the assignment, as the case may be, has been
issued.
(2) A Drawing and Disbursing Officer, in whose favour a letter of credit or assignment has been issued,
shall not be permitted
(a) to draw the whole amount from the concerned account; or
(b) place the whole amount in a separate drawing account at the treasury or the treasury linked
bank or in a private account.
(3) A Register of Allotment or letter of credit shall be maintained in the treasury in T.R. Form No. 9.
4.053. (1) Any letters of credit or assignments issued on the treasury shall be communicated to the treasury-
linked bank.
(2) A letter of credit or assignment shall lapse at the close of the financial year during which it has been
issued and a cheque drawn upto a date as may be specified by the Government, shall be taken against the letter of
credit or the assignment of the financial year during which it was drawn and shall not be paid after the end of the
financial year, unless otherwise directed by the Finance Department.
(3) A Drawing and Disbursing Officer-wise record is to be maintained at the treasury to watch the drawal
against the allotment through the letter of credit. In the case of excess drawal over the letter of credit, the excess
shall be treated as an overdrawal and the attention of the authorities concerned shall be drawn to the irregularity for
appropriate administrative action.
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4.054. (1) In the absence of any rule or order to the contrary, an order or authority issued by an Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), of other States, for payments to be made at a place within West Bengal shall
be communicated to the Treasury Officer or the Disbursing Office concerned through the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(2) An order or authority issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, for
payments to be made outside the State of West Bengal, shall be communicated to the Treasury Officer or the
Disbursing Office concerned outside the State through the concerned Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), of that State.
(3) All payments to third parties including payments to private parties, for services rendered to the State
Government which are payable at the treasuries, within the jurisdiction of an Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement) other than the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall, as far as possible,
be made direct by means of the Reserve Bank of India Government Drafts obtained by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officers, instead of authorising the payment to the concerned Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) in
whose jurisdiction the payments are to be made, through the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal.
(4) A certificate to the effect that the payment has been made to the proper person and that a proper
acknowledgement has been obtained and filed in his office, may be sent to Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, as and when the payment is made to a private
party.
(5) The procedure for issue of Cheque Books to the Drawing and Disbursing Officers authorised to draw
cheques under letters of credit shall be mentioned in Appendix 5. A register in the following form shall be maintained
at the treasury for noting the amount allotted under letter of credit or assignment to the Divisional officer and the
drawal made against such allotment.
DRAWING AND DISBURSING
(Designation of the Divisional Officer) OFFICER Code__________________
Grant No. ____________________
For the year _______________________ Head of account _______________
Sl. Sanction No. By whom Amount Cheque Amount Blance Remarks
No. and Date of issued Allotted No. and drawn to be available
the allotment Date of noted from
order drawal foils of paid (4-6)
cheques
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
(6) Separate page shall be opened for each Drawing and Disbursing Officer. On receipt of the daily bank
scroll, column (5) and column (6) of the register as stated in sub-rule (5), shall have to be filled up and the balance
available shall be worked out and noted in column (7). If the amount is overdrawn, the entry in column (7) of the
register shall be made in red ink.
(7) The responsibility for watching the drawal within the limit rests with the concerned treasury linked
bank. However, in case of overdrawal revealed from the records of treasury, the Treasury Officer shall immediately
report the matter to the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer and to the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal. Copy of such reference shall be endorsed to the concerned treasury linked bank and to
the authority who issued the allotment order.
Endorsement on cheques, bills, etc.
4.055. All cheques preferable at a treasury for enfacement with pay order being a non-negotiable instrument
may be endorsed only once in favour of another party to whom the money is to be paid:
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Provided that when the endorsement is made in favour of a banker, the second endorsement may be made
by the bank in favour of a messenger or an agent for collection only.
Provided further that when the second endorsement is made by the bank in favour of an agent, such agent
may endorse the cheque in favour of his messenger for the purpose of collecting the same.
Explanation I. - In this rule, an agent means any bank acting as a collecting agency for and on behalf of the
payees banker.
Explanation II. No third endorsement is permissible in view of the abolition of the system of endorsement
on bills.
Explanation III. - Cheques drawn directly on the bank without the intervention of the Treasury Officer,
shall be treated as negotiable instruments and shall not be subject to the provisions of this rule.
Specimen signature and other safeguards
4.056. (1) Every Government officer who is authorised to draw cheques, or sign, or countersign bills
payable by a treasury shall send his specimen signature in the signature card to the Treasury Officer through his
appropriate higher authority or any other officer whose specimen signature is on record in the treasury. When such
an officer makes over charge of his office to another, he shall send the specimen signature of the relieving officer in
the signature card to the Treasury Officer concerned.
(2) The procedure prescribed in this rule shall be observed mutatis mutandis by all Government officers
who are authorised to draw upon the treasury linked bank or any other office of disbursement.
(3) A Controlling Officer, who has to countersign bills, etc., to be paid from a treasury other than the one
on which he draws bills, shall, at the time of his joining the new station, forward directly to that treasury his
specimen signature duly attested by the relieved officer. When there has been any omission in the matter, such
specimen signature shall be forwarded separately through his own Treasury Officer at the time when the bills, etc.,
are actually countersigned.
(4) The specimen signature of all Drawing and Disbursing Officers of bills, cheques and other instruments
or documents of payment, shall be supplied in the prescribed form of signature card and after authentication by the
Treasury Officer, such signature card shall be securely kept in proper order.
(5) The Treasury Officer shall check once in a month to verify whether the specimen signatures are in
proper order in all respect.
4.057. (1) The specimen signature of each of the officers of the office of the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, who are authorised to issue authority for payment or draw cheques or sign payment
orders on bills or to issue letter of authority for payment to be made at the treasury or in any disbursing office within
the accounting circle of Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall be sent by the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, to the treasury or to the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer with an attested copy of specimen signature of the authorised officer.
(2) The specimen signature of the officer authorised to draw cheques or sign payment orders on the
treasury linked bank or issue bank advice shall be supplied by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, to the treasury linked bank.
(3) When any change of authorised officer occurs, the fact shall be intimated, and attested copy of specimen
signature of the relieving officer shall be supplied, to the Treasury Officer and the Drawing and Disbursing Officer
as well as to the treasury linked bank.
4.058. (1) The specimen signature of the officer of the Accountant-Generals office authorised to issue
orders and authorities for payment to another accounting circle, shall be stamped with special seal. This special seal
shall remain in the personal custody of the officer signing them. The specimen signature of such officer embossed
with special seal, shall be supplied to all the Accountant-General concerned.
(2) The specimen signature of the officers of the Defence Accounts Department who are authorised to
issue payment orders payable at a treasury shall be forwarded by the Controller of Defence Accounts to the
Treasury Officer. If any change of office occurs for the authorised officer, the fact of such change shall be intimated,
and attested copy of specimen signature of the relieving officer shall be supplied to the Treasury Officer. Such
specimen signature shall securely be kept in proper order. The Treasury Officer shall check once in every quarter
to ensure that such specimen signatures are in proper order.
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Section III. - Payments of Claims at the Treasary
Checks to be applied at the treasury on claims presented
4.059. (1) The bill, cheque or other document presented as a claim for money shall be received and
examined by the Accountant and then put up to the Treasury Officer.
(2) The Treasury Officer shall verify that the claim is admissible and such claim has been preferred on a
valid authority. The signature and the countersignature where necessary on the bill are genuine and in order and
there is a receipt of legal quittance.
(3) The Treasury Officer shall then sign the order for payment at the foot of the bill or claim, taking care to
adopt the general instruction as mentioned in T.R. 4.025. Careful attention shall also be given to the instructions
contained in these rules regarding the completion of bills, cheques, etc., presented in support of all claims against
the Government. All payment orders shall be signed by hand and in ink, specifying the amount payable both in
words and in figures.
(4) When a payment is made by transfer to revenue Head, the order shall be given as stated below:
Pay Rs. by transfer to credit of (revenue head concerned) or Pay Rs by transfer
and credit it as a distinct item in the Cash Book.
(5) At the time of receipt of bills, the entries in the Bill Transit Register in T.R.Form No.6 shall be compared
with the bills and token No shall be entered in each of such bills as well as in column (5) of the said register and
dated legible initials shall be made on each of such bills as well as against the entry in column (6) of the said register.
(6) The Treasury Officer shall make payments after pre-check of all bills in respect of State Government
payments.
(7) The payment of bills of establishment of other State Government Offices located in Kolkata and any
other payment relating to other States shall be made by the Kolkata Pay and Accounts Office, subject to the
condition that a general order for such payment has been received from the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal.
(8) The pre-checking of all bills by the Treasury Officer shall mean checking the admissibility of claims with
reference to rules, statutes and other provisions of statutory rules such as the West Bengal Financial Rules, the
West Bengal Treasury Rules, the West Bengal Service Rules Part I and Part II, the West Bengal Services (Death-
cum-Retirement Benefit) Rules, 1971, or other relevant rules and executive orders issued thereunder. It includes
checking of the forms of the bill on the basis of relevant order or rule, Heads of accounts, arithmetical accuracy of
the claim, checking of the recovery schedules and verifying the signatures of the Drawing and Disbursing Officers,
checking of availability of fund with reference to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer wise Allotment Register
maintained at the treasury, and the checking with reference to the sanction order or the authority letters and
checking the competence of the officer issuing sanction order with reference to the delegation of financial power.
(9) The Treasury Office may, for the purpose of pre-checking, call for such certificates and other information,
as may be deemed necessary, for passing bills through the return Memo. The return Memo. shall contain all the
requirements for passing the bill and no bill shall be returned on the frivolous grounds.
(10) If the Treasury Officer considers that any reference to the Government shall be made for direction or
clarification of any order or instruction, such reference shall be made to the Finance Department through the
Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, and the direction or clarification issued in this behalf by the
Finance Department shall be binding on the Treasury Officer.
4.060. (1) All corrections and alterations in the order of payment including cheques shall be attested by
the Treasury Officer with dated initials.
(2) Corrections and alterations in orders of payment given by the Treasury Officer on the treasury linked
bank shall be attested with his full signature.
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4.061. (1) The special precautions shall be taken by the Treasury Officer as regards all bills and documents
showing overwriting or alterations and if such documents are frequently received from any office, the personal
attention of the Head of the office shall be formally drawn to these facts or irregularity.
(2) No document bearing an erasure shall be accepted and payment on such document shall be refused by
the Treasury Officer and a fresh document may be called for.
4.062. With regard to the claims presented either on bills or on cheques, the signature of the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer shall be compared with his specimen signature received under T.R. 4.056, before payment is
ordered. In the case of payment to be made on the authority of an order purported to have been issued from the
office of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Treasury Officer shall verify the
signature on the order by comparison with the specimen signature of the signing officer received under sub-rule (1)
of T.R. 4.057.
4.063. (1) The Treasury Officer shall check the arithmetical computations on bills.
(2) When the bills presented for payment contain obvious arithmetical mistakes or trifling mistakes, which
can easily be corrected, the Treasury Officer shall not return such bills but shall correct them and pay the correct
amount of the bill.
(3) Where the bills contain doubtful items which can easily be eliminated, the Treasury Officer shall disallow
the doubtful items and pay the residual amount of the bill.
(4) In all cases, the corrections made and the reasons therefor shall be intimated to the presenter of the bill
and, if necessary, to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
4.064. A Treasury Officer shall not entertain correspondence from a Government employee or a private
individual making a claim to any special allowance or concession, but he may request the person concerned to address
the concerned administrative Department of the State Government either direct or through his own official superior,
as the case may be.
Payment by Postal Money Order
4.065. (1) Save and except as provided in these rules or any other special rules or order for the time being
in force or specially authorised by the Government in this behalf, no payment shall be made by Postal Money
Order.
(2) In cases in which a claim against the Government is to be paid by Postal Money Order, the cost of
remittance shall, in the absence of any special rule or order to the contrary, be borne by the payee.
4.066. (1) When the whole or a part of the amount of a bill is required to be remitted to a person or
persons by Postal Money Order, the Treasury Officer shall, if the bill is in order, pass it for the net amount after
deduction of the commission due, credit the deductions by book transfer to the Post Office and send the money
order form or forms to the Post Office certifying that the amount of the money order with the commission due
(which shall be specified in the certificate) has been credited to the Post Office by book transfer. The words
adjusted by book transfer shall invariably be written in red ink across the money order form. The Treasury
Officer shall also see that the purpose of the money order is stated in the acknowledgement portion of the money
order form.
(2) On obtaining the money order receipt, the Treasury Officer shall check it with the amount deducted
from the bill and transmit it, where necessary, to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned.
(3) The procedure mentioned in this rule shall apply mutatis mutandis to all cases in which money orders
are issued by the Treasury Officer under the provisions of these rules.
Section IV. Personal Claims of Government Employees
Due date
4.067. Unless otherwise directed by the State Government, the bills for monthly pay and allowances
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including fixed allowances of Government employees and officials may be signed and presented to the treasury by
the Drawing and Disbursing Officer at any time not earlier than 15 (fifteen) days before the last working day of the
month and shall be due for payment on the last working day of the month when the bank is open:
Provided that the pay and allowances for the month of March shall be paid on the 1
st
working day of April.
4.068. (1) When a Government employee
(a) is on vacation, or proceeds on deputation or on leave within India; or
(b) quits the service of Government or is transferred to Foreign Service,
separate bills for leave-salary or pay and allowances of such Government employee for part of a month
shall be presented to the treasury and such separate bills may be paid before the last working day of the month as
stated in T.R. 4.067.
(2) When a Government employee proceeds on leave out of India and is permitted to draw leave-salary in
India, separate bills for pay and allowances for the broken period of the month alongwith leave-salary for the rest
of the month shall be presented to the treasury and such bill shall not be paid upto the date of his relief and such
Government employee shall be allowed to draw such pay and allowances and leave-salary at the commencement
of the next month:
(3) When a temporary Government employee finally quits service on the 31
st
March, the pay for the whole
month due to him may be paid on the afternoon of that day subject to the availability of fund or allotment for the
purpose.
4.069. (1) If the last three days (including Sunday) of a month are public holidays on which pay and
allowances cannot be disbursed, the Government may, at its discretion, direct the payment on the last working day
before the holidays except for the month of March which shall be paid on the 1
st
working day of April.
(2) This rule shall be applicable to both the industrial and non-industrial establishments. In the case of an
industrial establishment, where payments are staggered and made on days specially fixed for the purpose, the pay
due on any of the specified days may be disbursed on the preceding working days (including Sunday) commencing
with the specified date on which pay is due and are public holidays.
(3) The Government may, in special cases, relax any of the conditions specified in this rule.
Presentation of Bills to Treasary
4.070. (1) The form for drawal of bills for claims relating to pay and allowances of employees or the
officials of Government, contingencies or office expenses, etc., and the procedures to be observed in the preparation
and presentation of such claims, shall be regulated by sub-rule (2) and sub-rule (3).
(2) All Heads of offices who are authorised to draw money on bills signed by them shall maintain a Bill
Register in the form prescribed in the West Bengal Financial Rules. An authorised officer shall review the Bill
Register monthly and the result of the review shall be recorded thereon.
(3) All Heads of offices who are authorised to draw money from the treasury shall maintain a Bill Transit
Register in the form prescribed in T.R. Form No. 6 To prevent presentation of fraudulent bills, such Bill Transit
Register shall be authenticated by the Treasury Officer and it shall be reviewed bi-weekly by the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer and the result of the review shall be recorded thereon.
Fund deductions
4.071. (1) The duty of noting the proper deductions to be made from pay bill on account of Provident
Fund and other funds shall devolve on the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, but no discretion is allowed in carrying
out any order received from the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Accountant-
General (Audit), West Bengal, to make any particular deduction.
(2) The procedure to be followed in making such deductions is laid down in subsequent sections of these
rules.
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Deductions of taxes on income
4.072. The income-tax deductions from pay bills shall be made strictly in accordance with the relevant
provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (Act 43 of 1961), as modified from time to time, and the rules and orders
issued thereunder and a deduction Schedule in T. R. Form No. 10 shall be attached with each pay bill in every
month, where necessary.
House rent deductions
4.073. (1) The demand statement for the monthly assessed rent or licence fee for occupation of a public
building for residential purposes in respect of Government employees or officials recoverable from the salary bill
shall be forwarded in quadruplicate by the Divisional Officer or any other officer in charge of the public buildings to
which the rent relates to the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer, who shall make necessary deduction of
the amount from respective monthly bills.
(2) One copy of the demand statement shall be returned by the Head of the office or the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer after noting the amounts recovered from the occupants and other particulars which are required
to be furnished therein and one copy shall be attached with the salary bill to be submitted to the Treasury Officer,
third copy being retained by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer. If the demand statement is not received before
presentation of the salary bill, a Schedule in T.R. Form No. 11 shall be attached with the bill.
(3) If the rent or the licence fee in respect of any Government accommodation recoverable from a
Government employee is limited to a certain percentage of the emoluments of the Government employee, the
particulars of such emoluments shall be noted by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in the remarks column of the
demand statement before its return. Where, after the return of the demand statement, the emoluments of a Government
employee are required to be changed retrospectively, such changes shall either be shown in the next demand
statement or intimated to the authority concerned by a special letter.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, the recovery of rents from Government employee of
the Union Government in respect of public buildings belonging to this State, may be made in accordance with such
procedure as may be prescribed by the Government from time to time.
(5) The provisions of this rule shall apply also to other charges, e.g., additional rent recoverable for furniture,
electric, water, heating and sanitary installations, charges for cost of water, electric energy, etc., which may, under
the orders of competent authority, be recovered in the same way as, and together with, rents of buildings proper.
A Schedule in T.R. Form No. 11 shall be attached with the salary bill for such deduction.
Recoveries ordered by the Accountant-General, West Bengal
4.074. (1) The recovery on account of overdrawal and/or sum disallowed from pay bills shall be made
strictly in accordance with the instructions issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West
Bengal, or Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal, or by any other competent authority of the Government, as
the case may be. The recovery of the sums overdrawn or disallowed may be made form the next bill(s).
(2) The recovery of a sum disallowed or overdrawn on account of travelling allowance bill shall be made
from the next travelling allowance bill or in cash or from the pay bill when Government employee concerned does
not, within a month, present any other travelling allowance bill from which the recovery can be effected.
Attachment of pay and allowance, etc. for debt
4.075 (1) When the pay of a Government employee is attached by any order of a Court, it is the duty of the
officer receiving the attachment order to see that the proper deduction is made in satisfaction of such order from the
pay of the Government employee concerned, and to keep a record of such deductions in Form prescribed in the
West Bengal Financial Rules.
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(2) If a Government employee is adjudged insolvent, the attachable portion of his salary vests in the Court
that passed the order of insolvency or the Receiver appointed by the Court.
(3) The amounts which have been under attachment in execution of the decree against the insolvent, shall,
after the order of insolvency, vest in such Court or the Receiver and such attached amounts shall, instead of being
sent to the various Courts which issued the orders of attachment, be sent to the Insolvency Court or the Receiver
for pro rata distribution among all the creditors of the insolvent Government employee.
(4) The extent to which the emoluments of a Government employee are exempt from attachment for debt
is laid down in sub-section (1) of section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908). The following is an
extract of the relevant provisions of the said sub-section:
60 (1) The following property is liable to attachment in execution of a
decree...... .. . . ..
Provided that the following particulars shall not be liable to such attachment .. .. ..
.. namely:- . . .
(i) salary to the extent of the first one thousand rupees and two-thirds of the remainder in execution of any
decree other than a decree for maintenance :
Provided that where any part of such portion of the salary as is liable to attachment has been under
attachment, whether continuously or intermittently, for a total period of twenty-four months, such portion shall be
exempt from attachment until the expiry of further period of twelve months, and where such attachment has been
made in execution of one and the same decree, shall, after the attachment has continued for a total period of
twenty-four months, be finally exempt from attachment in execution of that decree.
(ia) One-third of the salary in execution of any decree for maintenance;
(l) any allowance forming part of the emoluments of any employee of the Government
.which the appropriate Government may, by notification in the official gazette, declare to
be exempt from attachment, and any subsistence grant or allowance made to any such employee
. while under suspension;
Explanation II. In clauses (i) and (ia) salary means the total monthly emoluments excluding any allowance
declared exempt from attachment under the provisions of clause (e), derived by a person from his employment
whether on duty or on leave.
Explanation III. - appropriate Government means
(i) as respects any person in the service of the Central Government ..
. the Central Government;
(ii) as respects any other employee of the Government or an employee of any other local
authority, the State Government.
Explanation IV. For the purposes of this proviso, wages includes bonus and labourer includes a
skilled, un-skilled or semi-skilled labourer.
(5) The following declarations have been issued by the Government of West Bengal under clause (l) of
the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure:
(1) The following allowances payable to any public officer in the service of the Government, shall be exempt
from attachment by order of a Court:
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(i) all kinds of travelling allowances;
(ii) all kinds of conveyance allowances;
(iii) allowances granted for meeting the cost of
(a) uniforms, and
(b) rations;
(iv) allowances granted as compensation for higher cost of living in localities considered by the
Government to be expensive localities, including hill stations;
(v) all house rent allowances;
(vi) dearness Allowance or any other allowance granted to provide relief against the increased
cost of living;
(vii) medical allowance and all amounts paid by way of reimbursement of medical expenses.
Explanation I - Dearness pay, which is really part of the dearness allowance and is treated as pay for
certain specific purposes only, is also exempt from attachment by order of a Court.
In accordance with the above provision, the maximum amount attachable by a Civil Court, for decrees
other than decrees for maintenance is to be calculated thus:-
If the total gross emoluments earned by the Government employee are represented by X and the allowances
declared to be exempt from attachment (vide Note 2 and below the preceding rule) and the subsistence grant or
allowance to such Government employee if he is under suspension, are represented by Y, the amount attachable
shall be (X-Y-400)/3.
Explanation II - The decrees awarded by Courts prior to the first day of February. 1977, would have
been based upon the limit of first two hundred rupees and one-half of the remainder, in force from 4
th
September,
1963 or the limit of the first hundred rupees and one-half of the remainder, in force prior to that date. Such decrees
would continue to be valid until revised by the courts..
4.076. (1) If an order of attachment against a Government employee is received before a previous order
of attachment against the same Government employee has been fully complied with, the recoveries shall be made
by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer so long as the total amount recoverable with reference to the attachment
orders is within the maximum limits specified in T.R. 4.075.
(2) If a new attachment order has the effect of increasing the amount beyond the maximum limit specified
in T.R. 4.075, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall return the attachment order to the Court concerned with a
statement showing particulars of the existing attachment, particulars of the amount withheld and paid into the Court
concerned up to date and the amount remaining unrecovered.
4.077. (1) Any deductions which may have to be made on account of subscriptions to provident funds
recognised by Government, taxes on income payable by the Government employee, recoveries of principal amount
and interest on house building loan from the State Bank of India under the Government Guaranteed Scheme and
other debts due to Government, shall be made from the non-attachable portion of the Government employees
salary.
(2) The recovery of outstanding instalments of loans, when intimated by any Co-operative Societies in
terms of section 51 of the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 (West Ben. Act XLV of 1983), shall be
made by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers from the non-attachable portion of the Government employees
salary. The procedure for disposal of such recoveries shall be the same as laid down in T.R. 4.077 to T.R. 4.080.
Procedure for recovery arising from attachment orders and remittance to the court
4.078. (1) Without prejudice to the appropriate provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908),
the procedure to be followed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers in making recoveries from pay and allowances
of Government employees of amounts in compliance with attachment orders issued by the Court, shall be regulated in
accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (5).
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(2) Subject as hereinafter provided in this rule, the gross amount of pay and allowances of the Government
employee shall be worked out in the pay bill as usual. Wherever the payment to the Government employee is by
means of cheque, the net entitlement arrived at after making deductions on account of provident fund, taxes on
income as per sub-rule (1) of T.R. 4.077, shall be split into the amount attachable under the Court attachment
order and the balance to be disbursed to the Government employee concerned, to enable the treasury to issue two
separate cheques to be prepared for the respective amounts to be remitted to the Court concerned and that
payable to the officer. Wherever the salary is payable in cash, there is no need of any break up to be shown in the
pay bill, but this may be done distinctly in the acquittance roll in T.R.Form No: 66
(3) In the case of an attachment order issued by a Court in India against a Government employee whose
pay and allowances are to be disbursed outside the local limits to which the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908,
extends, the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be responsible for drawing the amount recoverable
monthly in compliance with the attachment order and remitting them to the Court concerned, unless timely intimation
is received by him of the death of the Government employee or of any other event necessitating the discontinuance
of such payments.
(4) In cases in which a judgment-debtor does not sign the acquittance roll and allows his pay to remain
undisbursed so that the payment on account of an attachment order issued by a Court cannot be effected, the Head
of the office may draw the pay of the judgment-debtor in satisfaction of the attachment order, subject to the
restrictions as contained in sub-section (1) of section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908), and
remit the amount to the Court concerned.
(5) The amounts drawn under sub-rule (2) and sub-rule (3), shall be treated for all purposes as payment of
the dues of the Government employee to that extent and particulars of the attachment order shall be cited in the pay
bill or the acquittance roll as an authority for the charge and the Courts receipt for the amounts shall be filed with
attachment register or such other suitable record as may be kept by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
4.079. The cost, if any, of remittance to a Court of money recovered under its attachment order, shall be
deducted from the amount realised and the net amount remitted to the Court.
4.080. (1) Where the recoveries from the salaries of Government employees on account of taxes on
profession, employment, etc., have been levied under an Act of a State Legislature or where the dues of various
Co-operative Societies registered under the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 (West Ben. Act XLV
of 1983) and such Acts impose a statutory obligation on the Government to effect such recoveries or where
recoveries from the salaries of Government employees on account of principal amount and interest on house
building loan have been levied under housing loan scheme for the employees of the Government of West Bengal in
association with the State Bank of India, such recoveries shall be made by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in
accordance with such procedures as may be laid down by the State Government from time to time. The deduction
on account of taxes on profession, employment, etc., shall be made from pay bills with Schedule in T.R. Form No. 12.
(2) A Drawing and Disbursing Officer may effect recoveries although such Drawing and Disbursing Officer
is located outside the territorial limits to which such Acts of the State Legislature extends, from the salary payable
to a Government employee, provided that such Government employee, in the case of dues of Co-operative
societies, authorises the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in writing, to effect such recoveries and the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer ensures, before effecting the recoveries, that the authorisation given to him by the Government
employee is clear, unambiguous and has not been revoked.
First payment of pay, allowances, etc.
4.081. (1) When the name of a Government employee appears for the first time in a pay bill, the bill shall
be supported by a Last Pay Certificate as specified in T. R. Form No. 13 prescribed for the purpose.
(2) If the Government employee has not previously held any post under the Government or is re-employed
after resignation or forfeiture of the past service, a certificate by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to the effect
that the medical certificate of fitness in the prescribed form has been in conformity with the rules prescribed by the
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State Government from time to time and if so required, by any rule or order governing the conditions of the service
to which he belongs, shall be furnished in the pay bill.
(3) In all cases of transfers, deputations and foreign service, the last Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the
Government employee shall send a copy of the last pay certificate to the new Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
(4) In case of first appointment or transfer the Treasury Officer shall verify the appointment letter or
transfer order, the availability of vacant sanctioned post or order for creation of new post, as the case may be.
(5) In case of transfer, the Head of office may allow to draw salary of both the transferor and transferee
against a single post for one month.
(6) In case of first appointment in Government service, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall furnish a
certificate in the first pay bill regarding receipt of satisfactory reports of medical fitness and police verification.
Payment on quitting the service
4.082. (1) The last payment of pay or allowances shall not be made to, or in respect of, a Government
employee, finally quitting the service of the Government by retirement, resignation, dismissal, death or otherwise,
or placed under suspension, until the Drawing and Disbursing Officer has satisfied himself, by reference both to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, and his own records, that there are no demands
outstanding against him. In other cases, payments may be made by the Head of the office concerned without
reference to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(2) In the case of contract officers and officers purely in the temporary employment of the Government
proceeding on foreign service in or out of India, final dues shall be paid only after ascertaining that no demands are
outstanding against them.
(3) The procedure mentioned in these rules in respect of a Government employee who finally quits the
service of the Government, shall apply to the last payment of dues or honorarium to non-officials, including members
of any Commission or Committee, whether statutory or not.
Death of payee
4.083. The pay and allowances may be drawn for the day of a Government employees death and the hour
at which death takes place shall have no effect on the claim.
Explanation. For the purpose of this rule and T.R. 4.192, the word day shall mean a calendar day
beginning and ending at midnight.
4.084. (1) Subject to the provisions of T.R. 4.082, the pay and allowances of all kinds claimed on behalf
of a deceased Government employee may be paid without the production of the usual legal authority-
(a) if the gross amount of the claim does not exceed rupees twenty thousand (Rs. 20,000/-),
under the order of the Head of the office, where the Government employee was employed
at the time of his death, subject to the condition that the Head of the office is otherwise
satisfied about the right and title of the claimant;
(b) if the gross amount of the claim exceeds rupees twenty thousand (Rs. 20,000/-), under
the order of the administrative Department of the Government on execution of an indemnity
bond, for double the gross amount due for payment by the claimant, with such sureties as
may be deemed necessary. The obligor as well as the sureties executing the indemnity
bond shall have attained majority on the date of the execution of the bond so that the bond
shall have legal effect or force.
(2) In case of any doubt, payment shall be made only to the person producing an heirship or succession
certificate from a competent authority.
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(3) The form of indemnity bond mentioned in this rule is prescribed in T. R. Form No. 14. The sureties for
such bonds shall be financially sound to meet the obligations undertaken. The bond shall be properly stamped and
shall be executed on behalf of the Governor by an officer authorised under article 299 of the Constitution of India.
(4) This rule shall also apply to the claim for pay and allowances of a Government employee who died after
retirement but before his pension was sanctioned.
(5) This rule shall also apply to any claim for payment of dues or honorarium payable to any deceased non-
official member of any Commission or Committee, whether statutory or not.
Place of payment of pay and allowances
4.085. (1) Save as hereinafter provided, and subject to any special rule or procedure that may be prescribed
by departmental regulations, bills for pay and allowances, including leave salary, of Government employees of an
establishment shall be ordinarily payable only at the treasury under whose jurisdiction the office of the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer is stationed.
(2) In a case where a Government official is on tour and the payment has to be made to him on his request
at the station where he is on tour, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall remit the amount to him by Bank Draft
at par or Postal Money Order. The Charges involved in sending the Draft by registered post or remitting the same
by Money Order shall be charged to the office contingencies or expenses.
(3) Nothing contained in this rule shall have the effect of withdrawing any concession that has been or may
be allowed by the Government to individual Government employee or a class of Government employees for
drawing a part of their pay at places other than the treasury in whose jurisdiction the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer is stationed.
(4) No Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be allowed to draw from more than one treasury.
4.086. (1) The bills for pay and allowances of the establishment of the Public Works Department, the
Irrigation and Waterways Department and other departments executing works shall be payable at the treasury with
which they shall be placed in account by the Government in consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(2) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the Divisional Office shall, for the purpose of timely disbursement
of salary of the staff of a sub-division which is located within the jurisdiction of a treasury other than the treasury
within whose jurisdiction the Divisional Office is located, obtain Bank Drafts for payment of the salary bills of the
sub-divisional staff and remit the same to the Assistant Engineer-in-Charge at least seven days before the close of
the month.
(3) The Bank Draft shall be in favour of the concerned Assistant Engineer and encashable on the last
working day of the month so as to enable him to disburse salary to the individuals on the first of the next month.
(4) In exceptional cases, where no banking facility is available at the station where the sub-divisional office
is located, the Government may issue orders for making special arrangement for disbursement of salary.
4.087. In case of transfer, including transfer on deputation, the pay, leave salary and other allowances,
including travelling allowance due in respect of the old post, which has not been drawn at the time of the transfer,
may be drawn at the new headquarters or at the place where the pay in respect of the new post is drawn. A non-
drawl certificate from the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in respect of old post shall be obtained if the fact of non-
drawal of the arrear claim is not mentioned in the last pay certificate.
Leave salary
4.088. (1) Subject to any special order issued by the Government in this behalf or to any special procedure
that may be prescribed by a departmental regulation, the leave-salary of a Government employee shall be drawn
from the treasury or office of disbursement from which his pay was being drawn immediately before proceeding on
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leave. Normally the Government official shall make his own arrangement for getting his leave salary remitted to him.
When a Government employee is on earned leave exceeding one month and specifically requests remittance of his
net dues by means of demand draft, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned shall arrange for such remittance
in accordance with the provision of sub-rule (2) of T.R. 4.085.
(2) When leave salary is drawn for a Government employee, the bill in which it is first drawn shall be
accompanied by a certificate of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, showing the calculation of the amount of the
leave salary drawn or citing the rule or order under which the leave salary is determined. If the calculation is based
on pay drawn in temporary or official capacity, a reference to the bill in, or the establishment or office from which
such pay was drawn, shall be given in the certificate.
Pay due to Government Employees absent out of India
4.089. If pay or allowances due in India to a Government employee absent out of India, such Government
employee shall make his own arrangement to receive it in India:
Provided that when the Government employee has finally left India and it is not possible for him to make his
own arrangement for receiving his pay and allowances in India, payment may be made to him by Bank Draft
through the High Commissioner or the embassy in the concerned country.
Pay and allowances
4.090. (1) Save as hereinafter provided, pay and allowances or leave salary may be paid only upon the
personal claim of the Government employee concerned, and to his personal receipt, and not otherwise, except
under the special authority of the Government in each case.
(2) The Government employee may be allowed to receive payment through a messenger duly authorised
by him to receive the money on his account provided that the Government employees formal acquittance is
produced by the messenger and in such a case, the Government accept no responsibility in respect of money,
cheque or draft that may be handed over to the messenger.
(3) Pay and allowances of a person who is certified by a Magistrate to be lunatic shall be paid in accordance
with the procedure laid down under the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912
(4 of 1912).
(4) On receipt of information that a Government employee has been certified to be a lunatic, the Head of
the office in which the Government employee before his being certified to be a lunatic was last employed shall, on
the basis of the order issued by the appointing authority indicating the person(s) to whom and the proportion in
which the pay and allowances admissible to the Government employee may be disbursed in accordance with the
provisions of sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912, draws the pay and allowance of the
Government employee in the appropriate bill form from the treasury or other office of disbursement. The claim shall
be supported by all the relevant certificates, which the Head of the office is required to furnish in the normal
circumstances. However, in respect of the certificates which solely depend on the personal knowledge of the
Government employee and which cannot be furnished in such cases, the Head of the office shall record, if he is
satisfied about the reasonableness of the claim, a certificate to the effect that the claim is not susceptible of verification
but is considered reasonable. If the Government employee is invalidated from service, the claim shall be last one
and the requisite payment shall be made only after the Head of the office has satisfied himself by reference to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Departmental authorities, if any, and his own
records that no Government dues are outstanding against him. In other cases payment may be made on the
responsibility of the Head of the office concerned.
(5) The amount withdrawn in the manner stated above may be paid to the person(s) referred to above in
the proportion determined by the appointing authority and receipts obtained, stamped, where necessary. The
receipts in acknowledgement of the payment made shall not be personal receipt of the Government employee
concerned as required under sub-rule (1).
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(6) Where a Government employee has been invalidated from service and it is found that some Government
dues are outstanding against him even after the adjustment of his claim for pay and allowances, the same may be
adjusted against the amount of his death-cum-retirement gratuity, if any, and if the same is also insufficient, the
balance of the outstanding dues may be written off under sanction of the competent authority.
(7) The pay and allowances and leave salary of a Government employee, who is unable to present himself
in person to receive payment, may be paid to a banker or agent duly authorised by him to receive the money and
give a legal quittance, provided that the banker or the agent holds a legally valid power of attorney to act in this
behalf. In the absence of such a power of attorney, the Government employee desiring to receive payment through
a banker or agent shall furnish the latter with a legal quittance for the money claimed, signed by himself, which shall
have to be surrendered to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, with a letter of authority for the payment to be
made. The banker or the agent shall also furnish a formal receipt, which need not be stamped, to show that the
money has been actually received by him.
(8) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, the Government may, in special circumstances, authorise
payment of such part of a claim of a Government employee be made to a person and to the extent, as may
specifically be asked for in writing in this behalf by the Government employee concerned. In such a case, the
receipt given by the person so authorised to receive the sum specified shall constitute a valid quittance for the
amount paid to him and a receipt for the balance only, if any, when paid, shall be obtained from the Government
employee concerned.
(9) A Government employee or a single person may not be constituted as an agent for the purpose of this
rule, except when he holds a legally valid power of attorney to act for the Government employee concerned.
(10) If the pay and allowances of the Government employees of an office are paid under the West Bengal
Disbursement of Salary to Employees through Banks Rules, 2005, as stated in Appendix-19, the credit to the
concerned bank account of the employee by issuing a certificate of disbursement by the bank to the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer shall be a legal quittance for the purpose of payment of salary to that employee.
Leave salary through agents
4.091. (1) The Government employees may make arrangements with their agents to draw their leave-
salary, vacation pay and allowances on the basis of powers of attorney to enable them to do so and the agents shall,
in such case, give the Government an indemnity bond as a security against any loss in the case of overpayment.
(2) A register of power of attorney shall be maintained in T.R. Form No. 15 by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer in the form specified in the Government Securities Manual and all cases in which the power of attorney has
been given shall be recorded therein.
(3) The indemnity bond shall be executed in T.R.Form No: 16 on a stamp paper of proper value by a bank
acting as agent..
(4) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall verify that the person signing the bond has authority to bind
a bank, acting as agent, in accordance with the provisions of T.R. 4.092.
(5) Where a bank is appointed for acting as agent in respect of a Government employee, such Government
employee shall not be required to execute a bond separately.
4.092. The banks as are included in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, may
be allowed to execute general bond in T. R. Form No.17 to cover the pay, leave-salary, pension, etc., of their
constituents in general.
Exception.-The State Co-operative Bank, State owned or controlled Banks, which are not included in
the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, may be allowed by Government in consultation with
the Reserve Bank of India to execute a general bond of indemnity under this rule provided they undertake
commercial banking and their financial position is considered satisfactory.
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Introductory to preparation of bills
4.093. The procedures specified herein shall apply primarily to personal claims on account of pay and
allowances including fixed allowances payable on bills drawn directly on the treasury. In the application of such
procedure to personal claims, which are payable at a departmental office of disbursement, these procedures shall
be subject to such variation or modification as may be authorised by the departmental regulation framed in consultation
with the Finance Department.
Monthly bills
4.094. For purposes of this section, parts of an establishment under the same officer in the district
administration, which appertain to different major Heads shall be regarded as distinct establishments, e.g., a District
Officers Excise establishment shall be treated distinct and separate from his Land Revenue establishment.
Form and preparation of bills
4.095. (1) Bills for pay and allowances including fixed allowance, leave-salaries, contract allowance, or
other allowances admissible under various rules and orders of the competent authority from time to time, shall be
prepared in T.R. Form No. 18. Separate bills for permanent and temporary establishment shall be drawn. The full
name and full designation of every substantive and officiating or temporary incumbent shall be shown against each
sanctioned post and in respect of each temporary post; the relevant sanction order shall be noted showing the rate
of pay claimed with the scale of pay.
(2) In salary bill, each category of permanent and temporary posts shall be shown separately mentioning
the number of sanctioned posts under each category with full designation, scale of pay, full name and General
Provident Fund account number.
(3) All fixed allowances, including permanent travelling allowance, conveyance allowance, horse allowance,
etc., shall be drawn in the establishment pay bill.
4.096. If for any reason, the leave-salary admissible to a Government employee on leave is not known (as
for example, when the kind of leave to be granted to him has not been finally decided by the sanctioning authority),
the amount of pay to which he would have been entitled had he remained on duty, shall be entered in the money
column of the form which is intended to show leave-salary, the amount being left undisbursed and treated as held
over pending the fixation of the amount of his leave-salary.
4.097. (1) The entries in all the money columns of the bill shall be totalled separately under each section
and the totals shall be written in ink or shall be computer print. The totals shall be checked by the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer himself or by some responsible person other than the clerk preparing the bill.
(2) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall satisfy himself that the totals of both office copies of the bill,
or pay bill register, and fair copies of the bill agree and record in them a certificate of such agreement.
4.098. If leave-salary is based on actual pay, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall attach to the bill a
certificate in the following form:-
That the leave-salary claimed is admissible under _______________ (number and name of the rule
under which the leave-salary has been claimed..
Absentee statement
4.099. (1). If any person in service was absent during the preceding month, either on special duty or
suspension, or with or without leave other than casual leave, or when a post is left vacant substantively whether any
officiating arrangements have or have not been made against it the monthly bill shall be supported by an absentee
statement in respect of the preceding month in T. R. Form No. 19.
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(2) The officers drawing establishment pay bills in which compensatory allowances, etc., are drawn for
absentees shall furnish on the pay bill a certificate in the following form:
Certified that in cases where compensatory allowances have been claimed during leave/temporary transfer,
the likelihood of the officers returning to the same or similar posts was recorded in the original orders sanctioning
the leave/temporary transfer..
(3) When an officer signs an absentee statement accompanying an establishment bill, such officer shall
draw a line diagonally across any blank space after the last entry. In the computer print out such line shall be drawn
manually by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
4.100. Whenever leave-salary is drawn in respect of a Government employee, who has served under
another Government or department which is treated as a separate unit for purposes of allocation of leave-salary, a
detailed statement showing the allocation of such leave-salary shall be prepared and attached to the absentee
statement of the monthly bill in which the leave-salary is first drawn.
Increment certificate
4.101. A certificate in T. R. Form No. 20 shall be appended to the first bill in which a periodical increment
is drawn for a Government employee.
4.102. Claims for house rent and / or any fixed allowance shall be supported by such certificate as may be
prescribed by the Government from time to time.
4.103. (1) Subject to any general or special order issued by the Government in this behalf, every bill in
which overtime allowances are claimed, shall contain a certificate of the Head of the office to the effect as stated in
sub-rule (2).
(2) The certificate of the Head of the office as stated in sub-rule (1), shall be to the effect that
(a) the persons for whom overtime allowances are claimed in this bill have actually performed
overtime duty;
(b) the periods for which overtime allowances are claimed in this bill have been checked with
the initial records and found correct;
(c) the overtime allowances are claimed at rates sanctioned by competent authority; and
(d) the overtime allowances have been taken into account in calculating the income-tax due
from the Government employee noted in this bill.
(3) In cases in which overtime is paid out of fees recovered from private parties and credited to the
Government Account, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall certify on the bill that the prescribed fees have
been realised and credited into the Government Account.
Travelling allowances bill
4.104. (1) Bills for travelling allowance, other than permanent or fixed allowances, shall be prepared and
presented in accordance with the procedure as stated in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (4).
(2) The bills shall be prepared in T.R. Form No. 23 for travelling allowance on tour, in T.R. Form No. 21
for travelling allowance on transfer and in T.R. Form No. 22 for leave travel concession and the instructions printed
on respective forms being strictly observed. When a circuitous route is taken, the reason for doing so shall
invariably be stated in the bill.
(3) When actual expenses are drawn on account of carriage of conveyances, details of the conveyances
transported shall be furnished in the travelling allowances bill.
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(4) For the purpose of drawing the allowances on account of a family, a certificate shall be furnished by the
Government employee of the number and relationship of the members of his family for whom the allowances are
claimed. No other details in these or other cases need be furnished, but every claim for the cost of carriage of
personal effects and conveyances shall be supported by a certificate that the actual expenses incurred was not less
than the sum claimed.
(5) All travelling allowance bills shall bear a certificate of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer in the following
form: -
Certified that I have satisfied myself that the amounts included in the bills drawn 1 month / 2 months / 3
months previous to this date, with the exception of those detailed below (of which the total amount has been
refunded by deduction from this bill), have been disbursed to the Government employees therein named and their
receipts taken in the office copy of the bill / Pay Bill Register or in a separate acquittance roll..
4.105. The bill completed under the preceding rule may be presented at the treasury on the receipt of the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer, but no bill requiring previous countersignature of a controlling authority shall be
presented at the treasury, before such countersignature has been obtained.
4.106. (1) The travelling allowance bills of sub-ordinate Government employees accompanying an officer
on tour, shall be presented at convenient intervals during the officers tour or immediately on return to the headquarters
and in any case, before the 31st of March.
(2) The travelling allowance bill may be presented at the treasury with the receipt of the Head of the office
or the Drawing and Disbursing Officer who shall disburse the travelling allowance in the same manner as in the case
of the establishment bill.
Cost of medical treatment
4.107. The expenditure incurred by, and to be reimbursed to, Government employees or officials on
account of medical attendance and treatment may be drawn in T.R. Form No. 24 under the sub-Head Salaries.
The amount drawn in the bill shall be supported by proper receipt and vouchers in all cases.
Section V. Contingent Charges
General
4.108. The term contingent charges or contingencies means all incidental and other expenses which
are incurred for the management of an office or for the working of technical establishment, such as, laboratory,
workshop, etc., which are chargeable to the primary unit of appropriation Office Expenses and includes other
expenses which are incurred for the purchase of service postage stamps or other charges, except those which
under prescribed rules of classification of expenditure, fall under some other head of Account, e.g., Works, Tool
and Plant, etc.
4.109. (1) The procedures as mentioned in T.R. 4.110 to T.R. 4.140 shall apply primarily to contingencies.
(2) The miscellaneous expenditures, which are not classified as contingencies, shall be subject to these
rules, except in so far as it may be governed by any special rules of procedure by any departmental regulations.
4.110. (1) These provisions shall apply primarily to contingent charges of Heads of offices, etc., who
draw money required by them to disburse these charges by bills drawn on the treasury.
(2) The contingent charges of other departments, like, Forest Department and other offices of similar
nature shall be subject to these rules, except in so far as they are supplemented or modified by the departmental
regulations.
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Classification of Charges
4.111. (1) The contingent charges incurred on the public service shall be divided into the different classes
as stated in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (6) and, the classification adopted in each department or office shall be
determined by orders of the competent authority.
(2) Contract contingencies are lump sum amounts placed annually at the disposal of a Drawing and
Disbursing Officer for expenditure without further sanction of any kind and shall generally consist of such charges,
the annual incidence of which can be averaged with reasonable accuracy.
(3) Scale-regulated contingencies are those contingent charges as may be regulated by scales laid
down by the competent authority, e.g., rewards for destruction of wild animals, etc.
(4) Special contingencies are those contingent charges, whether recurring or non-recurring, as cannot be
incurred without prior sanction of the superior authority.
(5) Countersigned contingencies are those contingent charges as may require the approval of the controlling
authority before they can be admitted as legitimate expenditure against the Government, such approval usually
taking the form of counter-signature after payment on a detailed bill submitted to the Accountant-General, (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(6) Fully-vouched contingencies are those contingent charges, which require neither special sanction nor
countersignature, but may be incurred by the Head of the office on his own authority subject to fulfilment of the
necessity of accounting. These may be passed on fully vouched bills without countersignature.
4.112. The five classes of contingencies as mentioned in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (6) of T.R. 4.111 shall
not be necessarily mutually exclusive. There may be cases in which special contingencies may be regulated by
scales, or in which a bill for scale regulated contingencies may require countersignature. When a contingent bill falls
within two or more classes, the procedure of these rules for each of these classes shall, as far as possible, be
followed.
4.113. The list of contract contingent items as well as the Departments in which the system is in force shall
be such as prescribed in the West Bengal Financial Rules, Volume II.
Permanent advances
4.114. (1) Government officers, who have to make payments for contingent expenditure, before allotment
is received for such expenditure, may make such payments out of permanent advances or imprest cash which such
Government officers may be permitted to hold under the orders of the competent authority, subject to recoupment
on presentation of contingent bills in T.R. Form No. 25.
(2) The Permanent advance shall be drawn on a simple bill in T.R. Form No. 31 with such changes as may
be required.
(3) The procedures as mentioned in sub-rule (4) to sub-rule (6) shall be observed for making payments out
of the permanent advance held in the Personal Ledger Account by the Secretary to the Governor of West Bengal
on account of His Excellency the Governors discretionary grant.
(4) As soon as His Excellency the Governor announces a grant, the Assistant Secretary to the Governor
shall issue a cheque in favour of the payee drawn out of the Personal Ledger Account and obtain a receipt from
him. He shall at the same time communicate the orders of His Excellency the Governor sanctioning the grant to the
Accountant-General, (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal.
(5) The Assistant Secretary to the Governor shall periodically recoup the permanent advance held in the
Personal Ledger Account by drawing bills to be supported by the payees receipts.
(6) The telephone bills and electricity bills, which are required to be paid within specified dates from the
dates of issue of the bills, may be paid initially out of the Permanent Advance to avail of the benefit of rebate.
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General limitations
4.115. All charges actually incurred shall be paid and drawn at once, and such charges shall not be paid
from the grant of another year.
4.116. (1) No money shall be drawn from the treasury unless it is required for immediate disbursement.
(2) No money shall be drawn from the treasury in anticipation of demands or to prevent the lapse of budget
grants.
4.117. The charges relating to two or more major, sub-major, minor, scheme, or detail heads of account
shall, be drawn in separate bills and separate accounts shall be maintained.
4.118. (1) Save as hereinafter provided in this rule, no pay of any kind and no additions to pay may be
drawn on bills for contingent expenditure.
(2) Subject to any general or special orders issued by the Government, the wages of casual labourers, who
have been engaged with the approval of the Government, by the competent authority to discharge the duties of the
classes mentioned below may be treated as contingent expenditure:-
(a) hot weather establishment;
(b) mazdoors engaged on manual labour and paid daily or monthly wages;
(c) Sweepers; and
(d) other classes of Group D or casual labourers, e.g., dhobis, tailors, syes, grass-cutters, etc.
(3) The wages of temporary-filled establishment of Surveys and Settlements and of extra potdars entertained
for accompanying remittances, etc., may also be drawn on contingent bills.
4.119. The contingent charges incurred on account of the wages of workers engaged on manual labour
and paid at daily or monthly rates, shall be supported by a certificate signed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer
to the effect that the workers were actually engaged and that the bill drawn for the previous month had actually
been disbursed.
4.120. (1) In case of all others, whose pay is drawn on contingent bills, a certificate in the following form
shall be furnished by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer separately to the treasury, after disbursement in the next
month:-
Certified that all Group D/casual labourers, whose pay has been charged in bill No.
encashed under Treasury voucher / Token No. . dated . under the Head of
account . were actually engaged in Government service during the period concerned and
paid.
(2) The Treasury Officer shall ensure the receipt of such certificates from the concerned Drawing and
Disbursing Officer with the bill.
Responsibility of Drawing and Disbursing Officers
4.121. (1) Every Government officer shall exercise the same vigilance in respect to petty contingent expenses
as a person of ordinary prudence may be expected to exercise in spending his own money.
(2) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall ensure that
(a) the rules regarding the preparation of bills are observed,
(b) the money is either required for immediate disbursement or has already been paid from the
permanent advance,
(c) the expenditure is within the available allotment of funds,
(d) all steps have been taken with a view to obtaining an additional allotment of fund if the
original allotment of fund has either been exceeded or is likely to be exceeded, and
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(e) in the case of contract contingencies, the proposed expenditure does not cause any excess
over the allotted funds.
(3) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall furnish the monthly statement of actual expenditure in the
prescribed form to his Controlling Officer by the 10
th
day of the following month.
Responsibility of Controlling officer
4.122. (1) The Controlling Officer shall be responsible for ensuring that
(a) the items of expenditure included in a contingent bill are of obvious necessity and are at fair
and reasonable rates,
(b) the previous sanction required for any item is attached,
(c) the relevant vouchers are all received and in order,
(d) the calculations are correct, and especially the allotment of funds has not been exceeded
nor are these likely to be exceeded, and
(e) the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, has been informed
either by a remarks on the bill or otherwise of the reason for any excess over the monthly
proportion of the allotment of funds.
(2) If expenditure is progressing too rapidly, the Controlling Officer shall alert the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer for appropriate action and arrange with his subordinate officers for reporting to him monthly expenditure to
enable him to exercise a check on the total expenditure against the total allotment of funds under his control.
(3) He shall verify the figure of actual expenditure as reported by the Drawing and Disbursing Officers with
reference to the Allotment Register maintained by him and shall reconcile these figures with those booked in the
books of accounts of Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
Cancellation and destruction of sub-vouchers
4.123. (1) The rules for the prevention of the fraudulent use of sub-vouchers shall be observed by all
Drawing and Disbursing Officers and Controlling Officers in the matter of cancellation and destruction of sub-
vouchers.
(2) All sub-vouchers shall be preserved for a period of three complete financial years.
(3) Every sub-voucher which is not required to be forwarded either to the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, or to a Controlling Officer along with bills under the provisions of these rules, but is
recorded in the office to which the expenditure relates, shall be duly cancelled by means of a rubber stamp or by an
endorsement in red ink across the voucher and such cancellation being initialled by the officer authorised to draw
the contingent bills of the office. The cancellation shall be made at the time when the contingent bill, in which the
sub-voucher or sub-vouchers are included, is actually signed.
(4) Sub-vouchers submitted to a Controlling Officer, which is not required to be forward to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall be duly cancelled by him after checking and the cancellation
shall be attested by the Controlling Officer at the time of countersignature of the bill.
(5) In all cases in which sub-vouchers are not required to be submitted to the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Controlling Officer, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall certify in the bill
that sub-vouchers other then those attached to the bill have been so defaced or mutilated that they cannot be used
again. A similar certificate shall be furnished by the Controlling Officer in respect of sub-vouchers submitted to him
by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, which is not required to be submitted to the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal.
4.124. The sub-vouchers, which are required to be sent to the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, shall not be cancelled either by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer or by the Controlling
Officer, as the duty of cancelling the sub-vouchers or keeping them in proper custody to prevent fraudulent use,
shall devolve on the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
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Contingent Register
4.125. A register of contingent expenditure shall be kept in each office and each item of expenditure shall
be entered in the said register with dated initial of the Head of office or any Group A Government employee
authorised by him.
4.126. (1) The form of the contingent register shall be such as prescribed in the West Bengal Financial
Rules. The actual details such as the number of columns to be opened, the sub-heads and detailed heads and such
further detailed classification as may be required for the purpose of control, may be settled by the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, and the controlling Department to suit the conditions of each
department and office.
(2) The most common sub-Heads and detailed Heads may have separate columns with allotment of funds
noted at the top. The less important and trivial items may be lumped together in one column when each of the
separate items need not be accounted for or watched separately. Any charge falling under any of the separate
columns, but requiring explanation may be described in the column headed Description, and the relevant amount
is entered only in its special column. The same Description column shall serve also for noting of the month or
period during which any recurring charges (e.g., rent, wages, etc.,) were incurred.
(3) For convenience, a separate register may be maintained for each class of contingent charges.
(4) If during the absence of the Head of the office and of the Officer to whom the duty of maintenance of
contingent register has been delegated, the entries in the Contingent Register have been initialled by a Group B or
C Government employee, the register shall be reviewed and the entries re-initialled by the Head of the office or
such Officer on return to duty in the headquarters.
4.127. As each payment is made, entries shall be made, in the contingent register of the date of payment,
the name of payee and the number of sub-vouchers in the three columns to the left, and the amount in the proper
column, and in the case of any charge requiring explanation, the initial of the officer incurring it, shall be taken
against the description.
4.128. To enable the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to watch the progress of the expenditure under each
detailed Head, as compared with the allotment, a progressive total of all the columns shall be made monthly,
immediately after the monthly total, so as to include all payments under each Head.
General instructions
4.129. (1) When it is necessary to draw money for contingent expenses, as for example, when the permanent
advance begins to run short or when a transfer of charge takes place, and in any case at the end of every month,
a line in red ink shall be drawn across the page of the register or registers, the columns added up severally and
totals posted in separate bill for each class of contingent expenditure. The Head of the office, or the Officer to
whom this duty has been delegated, shall carefully scrutinise the entries in the register or registers with the sub-
vouchers, initial them if this has not already been done and sign the bill which shall then be dated, numbered and
presented for payment at the treasury.
(2) The nature of contingent expenditure may be indicated in the bill and the totals posted against them:
Provided that in cases of expenditure requiring explanation, full details of the charges shall be entered in the
bill, except when these are given in the sub-vouchers sent to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal.
(3) In computerised bills, such details shall be printed in computer.
4.130. (1) Contingent bills preferring claims for rents, electricity and other connected charges incurred on
account of hire of private buildings by the Government for office accommodation shall be accompanied by the
following certificates signed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, namely:
Certified that the amount drawn on account of rents, rates and taxes in contingent bill vide No. ________
dated _______ , T.V./Token No. _______ dated ________ in respect of the previous month was actually paid to
the parties concerned and that no portion of the building for which expenditure was incurred during that month was
utilised for residential or any other purpose..
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(2) In the case where any portion of the building has been used for residential or any other purpose during
the period for which charges have been or are to be paid, the following certificate shall be furnished in lieu of the
certificate as mentioned in sub-rule (1), namely:
Certified that the expenditure in respect of the portion of the building which was used for residential or any
other purpose permitted by competent authority during the period for which the charges were paid in the previous
month vide bill No.____ dated ________, T.V./Token No. ________ dated ________ has been recovered from
the Government employee/person concerned from whom it was due.
4.131. The contingent bills which include charges on account of purchase of goods on which sales tax has
also been charged shall be supported by the following certificate signed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer,
namely:
Certified that the goods on which sales tax has been charged have not been exempted under the Central
or State Sales Tax Act or the rules made thereunder, and that the charges on account of sales tax on these goods
are correct under the provisions of those Acts or the rules made thereunder, and that in the case of supplies against
regular contracts, the relevant contract includes a specific provision that sales tax is payable by Government..
4.132. The following certificate signed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be attached with all
the contingent bills which include charges on account of expenditure on light refreshment at formal meetings and
conferences, namely:
Certified that the expenditure on entertainment charges included in this bill was incurred in accordance
with the economy circular issued / terms and conditions laid down by the Government from time to time and that
the prescribed monetary limits have not been exceeded.
4.133. Unless otherwise provided in the departmental regulations, every bills presented in support of
payments for purchase of stores shall be accompanied by a certificate in support of stores purchase bills stating that
the articles detailed in the vouchers, and their quantities are correct, their quality is good and according to specifications,
that the rates paid are not in excess of accepted or market rates, and that suitable notes of payment have been
made in the relevant indents, supply orders and invoices to prevent double payment. The authority, unless it is a
general one, under which the purchase is made, shall also be quoted.
4.134. When, in paying rewards to informers, or in any other case, it is not desirable to disclose the names
of payees, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall in his handwriting, furnish in the Current bill the following
certificate in lieu of the payees receipt ordinarily required, namely:
Certified that the amount drawn in the previous bill vide T.V. No.
................Dated,...........................has been duly made.. [Appendix 8]
Fully vouched contingent charges
4.135. (1) The officers whose contingent bills do not require counter-signature and who do not embody
in their bills, charges of any officer dealing separately with the treasury, need not submit monthly bills and such
officer shall draw money from the treasury by bills in T. R. Form No. 25 showing full details of the charges.
(2) The contingent bills of officers, which do not require countersignature, may be drawn by presenting bills
in T. R. Form No. 28 showing full details of the charges and supported by sub-vouchers:
Provided that in case any officer has to embody in his bill, charges of any subordinate officer who normally
draws money by presenting his bills directly to the treasury, the countersigning officer shall submit monthly bills in
the manner stipulated in above mentioned form in adjustment of the abstract bills drawn by himself or his subordinates.
Explanation I. For the purpose of this rule, in cases where the amount required for payment of telephone,
electricity and water charges are more than the permanent advance sanctioned and cannot, therefore, be paid out
of it, funds required for making only these three types of contingent payments may be drawn on fully-vouched
contingent bills (T.R. Form No. 26) under the provisions of these rules, attaching thereto a duplicate copy of the
demand/bill received, as sub-voucher and such case shall be treated as a special case. For such payments, wherever
only one copy of the demand or bill is received from the Telephone Department or the State Electricity Board or a
local body and the payments are made only by cheques, funds required may be similarly obtained by attaching
Photostat copy of the demand or bill (duly attested) which shall serve as a sub-voucher in support of relevant
contingent bill.
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Explanation II. For the purpose of the proviso to this rule, a Head of Department or the Controlling
Officer has to submit countersigned monthly detailed bills to the concerned treasury, in adjustment of the abstract
bills drawn by himself and his subordinates as per provisions made herein.
(3) The provisions of Explanation I of sub-rule (2) shall not be extended to any other case or even to the
three instant types if the payment accrues to a private party. In the case of bills like telephone, electricity or water
charges, the cheque in favour of the Drawing and Disbursing officer may be drawn. Cheques, in other cases, shall
be crossed as A/C Payee only. The stamped receipt or receipt thereon against payment of such a bill by cheque,
may be retained by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and shall be accorded the same treatment as provided in
these rules regarding the cancellation and destruction of sub-vouchers.
Charges regulated by Scales and Special Contingencies
4.136. (1) The charges regulated by scales and special contingencies which require the previous sanction
of the Government before these can be incurred shall be drawn in the abstract bill form in T. R. Form No. 27 with
a full description of charges and accompanied by Government order and proforma invoice, where available. In the
case of special contingencies, the orders of sanctioning authority shall be quoted; and when expenditure for which
a lump sum is granted under a single special sanction, is continued over more than one month, the second and
subsequent months bills shall bear a note of the progressive up-to-date expenditure under the sanction.
(2) The conditions under which the Secretary to the Public Service Commission, West Bengal, is
allowed to draw money on abstract contingent bills for payment of remuneration to examiners and printers appointed
in connection with the various examinations held by the Commission shall be laid down in Appendix 11.
4.137. The bills for contingent charges requiring countersignature before payment shall be drawn in T. R.
Form No. 26, and such countersignature being a form of sanction to the charges drawn in such bills and the
relevant sub-vouchers for more than Rs. 500/- for each item shall be attached with the bill.
Explanation. For the purpose of this rule, the term item refers to the items of expenditure and not the
item of charges, e.g., a charge for Rs. 250/- for section writers would not require to be supported by a sub-
voucher if the amount comprises sums paid to several persons none of which exceeds Rs. 500/-. The limit of Rs.
500/- is, however, subject to alteration by the Government in consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal.
4.138. (1) The different authorities shall be empowered to draw advances in abstract contingent bills in
T.R. Form No. 27 (which shall be of pink colour) on condition such advances are adjusted by submission of
detailed bills. The drawal of such advances and submission of adjustment thereof shall be made by presenting bills
to the treasury. The following procedures as stated in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (14) shall be observed in the matter
of drawal of advances and their adjustments.
(2) The advances may be drawn only when the administrative Department issues sanction for the drawal of
the same with the concurrence of the Finance Department. The advances may be drawn under delegated power
where specific delegation has been made to the Heads of Directorate, the Heads of offices, etc.
(3) The advances shall be drawn by presentation of bill in T.R. Form No. 27 on the condition that detailed
bill in adjustment thereof shall be presented to the Controlling Officer without avoidable delay for countersigning
and transmission to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal through the concerned
treasury in accordance with the procedure hereinafter prescribed.
(4) As soon as a bill relating to an advance presented in T.R. Form No. 27 is passed for payment, a note
shall be kept in the Advance Check Register to be maintained by the Treasury Officer in T.R. Form No. 29
indicating the particulars of the bill showing bill number and date, token number and date, amount, full Head of
account, purpose of the advance and the name of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer. There shall be separate
columns showing the detailed bill number and date on which adjustment of the advances is made, amount, date of
receipt of the Detailed contingent Bill from the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, whether adjustment made in full, if
not, the challan number and date of refund of the unadjusted amount, remarks, etc. The Treasury Officer shall sign
this Register as soon as a bill is passed and also when the advance is adjusted.
(5) A detailed bill in adjustment of an advance shall be submitted within one month from the date of
completion of the purpose for which advance was drawn and in no case beyond the period of sixty days from the
date of drawal of such advance unless otherwise permitted by the administrative Department with the concurrence
of the Finance Department. A certificate to the effect that the aforesaid conditions have been fulfilled shall be
recorded in the bill for drawing a second such advance. A statement of advances remaining unadjusted in respect
of each quarter shall be submitted by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to the Controlling Officer, Finance
Department and the Treasury Officer. Such statement in respect of each quarter (e.g., April to June) shall be
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submitted within 10 days from the end of the quarter. The Advance Check Register mentioned in sub-rule (4)
above shall be closed at the end of each financial year and the details of any unadjusted advance shall be brought
forward in the new Register for the next financial year. If there be any advance remaining unadjusted for a period
over six months, a report of such outstanding advance with the particulars of drawal shall be sent by the Treasury
Officer to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, the Controlling Officer, the Finance Department, the Finance (Internal
Audit) Department and the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(6) The detailed bill in adjustment of an advance shall be prepared in T. R. Form No. 28 which shall be of
Yellow colour headed not payable at the Treasury. All sub-vouchers above Rs. 500/- shall be enclosed with the
detailed bill. The detailed bill shall be signed by the Head of the office besides the Drawing and Disbursing Officer
and submitted to the Controlling Officer. In cases where the office of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and that
of the Controlling Officer are located at different places, the detailed bill may be submitted direct to the Treasury
Officer for onward transmission to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, without
being countersigned by the Controlling Officer. In such cases a copy of the detailed bill (without sub-voucher) shall
be submitted to the Controlling Officer for scrutiny and record.
(7) The administrative Department shall ensure that no advance is sanctioned without the existing delegated
power or concurrence of the Finance Department and availability of fund for drawal of such advance. The treasury
shall also watch that the advances are drawn within the delegated power or with the concurrence of the Finance
Department and allotment of fund is available.
(8) The Secretary of the administrative Department is the Controlling Officer in respect of a demand for
grant. The Secretary may nominate an officer under him to perform all the functions of the Controlling Officer. But
the overall responsibility for control of expenditure shall rest with the Secretary of the Department. The officer
nominated to act as the Controlling Officer shall not be an officer below the rank of Deputy Secretary to the
Government or the Head of the Directorate under the Department. On receipt of the detailed bill in the office of the
Controlling Officer, it shall be reviewed by the Controlling Officer with the assistance of such staff as may be
necessary. After scrutiny of the bill with reference to sub-vouchers and where there is no sub-voucher with reference
to the details of expenditure, the Controlling Officer shall countersign the bill and despatch it to the treasury or the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer within 15 days along with the sub-vouchers for items for more than Rs. 500/- for
onward transmission to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal. The Controlling Officer
shall keep a record of all bills countersigned by him and any amount disallowed by the Controlling Officer shall be
noted in the register maintained in his office. The copies of adjustment bills, the original of which are sent by the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer direct to the treasury, shall also be subjected to the same scrutiny at the Office of
the Controlling Officer and the record of such bills shall be kept in the Register mentioned above.
(9) (a) On receipt of an adjustment bill from the Controlling Officer or the Drawing and Disbursing Officer,
the treasury shall send it to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, after examination of
the charges, with reference to existing rules and orders besides verifying arithmetical accuracy of the claim and also
keeping necessary note in the Advance Check Register mentioned hereinbefore.
(b) The transmission of the bill to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall
be made within 15 days from the date of the receipt of the bill under intimation to the Controlling Officer or
Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
(10) (a) After despatch of the detailed bill to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West
Bengal, through the treasury, the Controlling Officer shall inform the Head of the office as also the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer any amount disallowed and this amount shall be recovered by short drawal in the next bill
presented to the treasury.
(b) The gross amount of each sub-voucher shall be entered in such bill and below the total shall be entered
deduct Rs. _____________ disallowed from the bill no. ___________, the receipt being given for the net
amount only. If after correspondence, the Controlling Officer withdraws his objection, the disallowed amount may
be redrawn subsequently in a bill presented to the treasury.
(11) (a) For the purpose of adjustment of advance if the detailed bill does not cover the entire amount, the
balance shall be deposited into the Government Account with a challan. In respect of the advances drawn in a
financial year adjusted within the same financial year, the balance amount shall be shown as a reduction of expenditure
under the detailed Head from which the amount was originally drawn.
(b) In cases where the adjustment of the advance, is made in the next financial year and if certain amount
is required to be deposited to Government Account for full adjustment of the advance, the amount shall be given
the same treatment as stated at sub-rule 11(a).
(12) In case, the advance is drawn for transfer to the Personal Ledger Account under specific order of the
Government, the same shall be drawn in usual manner in T. R. Form No. 43. Such drawals shall not be noted in the
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Advance Check Register maintained at the treasury. The Administrator, on whose account, the amount has been
transferred, shall maintain proper record of the expenditure and submit the utilisation certificate to the appropriate
authority.
(13) In respect of advances drawn by different Heads of offices or the Drawing and Disbursing Officers
within 60 days from the date of drawal, the adjustment bill shall be submitted to the treasury. The Treasury Officer
shall pursue the adjustment of outstanding advances through the Advance Check Register and every Drawing and
Disbursing Officer / Head of the office shall be required to furnish a certificate by the 15
th
. May of every year to the
effect that all the amounts drawn up to the end of the last financial year has been disbursed.
(14) (a) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the Head of office shall record such certificate of
disbursement after carefully verifying the cash balance and the cashbook or any other office record.
(b) The Finance Department shall arrange through its own officer(s) nominated for the purpose, test check
of the amounts of the Drawing and Disbursing Officers or the Heads of offices to find out whether the provisions of
these rules have been complied with. Lapse on the part of the Drawing and Disbursing Officers and the Heads of
offices in adjustment of the advances and disbursement of the amounts drawn shall attract disciplinary action,
where necessary.
Interdepartmental Transactions
4.139. (1) Upto the 1st April 1977, the inter-departmental adjustments of costs of supplies or services
were being made by book transfer through the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal,
resulting in delay in settlement of claims and large amounts remained unadjusted. The settlement of such claims shall
henceforth be made by cash/draft/cheque.
(2) The cost of supplies made or services rendered by a department or an Office to other department or
Office of the Government of West Bengal shall be settled by exchange of cheque or draft to the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer of the supplying department or the office.
(3) Where the officer receiving the supplies and officer giving such supplies are within the jurisdiction of the
same treasury, the existing system of adjustment of cost for supplies or services by transfer shall continue to be in
force. Under this system, the Treasury Officer instead of making cash payment, shall effect payment by crediting
the Department supplying and debiting the department served or supplied. In such cases, the bills presented to the
treasury shall be supported by challans showing clearly the Head of account to which the amounts are creditable.
(4) In the case of supplies made or services rendered by a department of the Government of India either in
India or outside India or any other State Government, the cost of the supplies or services may be settled either by
(a) issuing a sanction order in favour of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, to raise debit against the Government by per contra credit to the concerned
supplying department indicating therein the Head of account where the debits and the
credits are to be adjusted. On receipt of the sanction order, the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall make necessary accounts adjustment and
shall effect monetary adjustment as per the provisions of this rule, or
(b) by presenting bill at the treasury to effect payment by raising credit to the supplying
department. In such case, the officer who has received the supplies or services shall make
the bill and the Head of account to which the amount is to be transfer credited (8658-
Suspense Account-101 PAO Suspense -name of the PAO-for the Departments of
Government of India and 8793-lnter State Suspense Account-Name of the State-for
other State Government), shall be indicated clearly in the challan attached with the bill.
Service postage stamps
4.140. (1) The payment for purchase of service postage stamps and Franking Machine shall be made by
the crossed Government Account cheque in favour of the Post Master and such cheque may be obtained by the
Drawing and Disbursing Officers from the treasury by preferring a bill indicating the value of postage stamps of
various denominations required, and giving a certificate that the stamps shall be used on prepaying postage on
bona fide communication in the public interest and that the expenditure could not be avoided.
(2) In all contingency bills, sub-vouchers above Rs. 500/- shall be furnished with the bills unless otherwise
directed by the Government.
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Section VI. Payments for purchase of stores
Introductory
4.141. For the purpose of this Section, the term Stores is used to indicate all articles and materials
required for the public service and coming into an office for various purposes which are budgeted under
classifiable Heads of expenditure such as works, tools and plant, machinery, equipment, material and supply.
4.142. Subject to such general or special rules or subsidiary instructions as may be issued by the
Government for the guidance of officers who are required to make purchase of stores on Government
account, the payments shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of this Section, except in so far
as they are supplemented or varied by special departmental regulations. Local purchase of petty articles or
consumable stores out of office contingency is not subject to the rules in this Section.
Purchaeses in India
4.143. Subject as hereinafter provided, the provisions of Section on contingent charges of this
Chapter shall apply generally to payments for stores purchased in India even when purchases in respect of
the Director General, Supplies and Disposal, Government of India rate contract items are made, which the
State Governments Departments may directly procure.
4.144. (1) As a general rule, the payment for supply is not permissible unless the stores have been
received and surveyed.
(2) The payments prior to verification of the quality and quantity of the materials may be permitted
in exceptional cases only, subject to the condition that adequate safeguards exist to protect the Government
interest against all losses in the event of the materials being found short or not as per specification.
(3) In all such cases as stated in sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2), a bill based on actual measurement
shall be obtained as soon as possible after payment has been made for submission to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, through treasury.
4.145. (1) If not provided otherwise by departmental regulations, bills presented in support of
payments for purchases of stores shall be accompanied by a certificate stating
(a) that the articles detailed in the vouchers have been actually received and entered in the
Stock Register,
(b) that their quantities are correct and their quality according to specifications,
(c) that the rates paid are not in excess of accepted or market rates and
(d) that suitable notes of payment have been made in the indents and invoices concerned to
prevent double payment.
(2) The name of the authority, unless it is a general one, under which the purchase is made, shall
also be quoted in the certificate as stated in sub-rule (1).
4.146. (1) The provisions of T.R. 4.139 shall apply to supplies of stores by one department of the
Government to another, where the adjustment of the cost of such supplies has to be made by book transfers
where permissible.
(2) The following instructions would be printed on all forms of invoices for the supply of stores,
etc., and the officer receiving the supply shall comply with them before the invoice is countersigned:
It is essential for purposes of accounting and audit that the entries below shall be filled in. Failure
to do so may result in unnecessary delay and return of this invoice for compliance.
(a) Head of account (Major, Minor, sub-head and detailed Head)
(b) Month and year to which the charges related
..
(c) Accounts Officer by whom the amount is adjustable ...
(d) Department to which the charges are debitable
..
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Section VII Works Expenditure
General
4.147. The rules in this Section shall apply to expenditure on special services connected with the
construction, repair and maintenance of buildings, roads and other works of public utility, whether carried
out by the Public Works Department or under special orders of the Government, by the user department or
the department requiring such works. The expenditure on petty construction and repairs, which under any
orders issued by the Government, is treated, as contingent expenditure of the department incurring it, shall
be subject to the provisions of the rules regarding contingent charges of this Chapter.
Mode of obtaining cash
4.148. (1) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be authorised to obtain funds by drawing
cheques on the bank or cash required for works expenditure in accordance with the provisions of T.R.
4.150.
(2) Where the Drawing and Disbursing Officer is not so authorised under the provisions of sub-rule
(1), the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall obtain funds by drawing contingent bills in accordance with
the procedure mentioned in the rules regarding contingent charges of this Chapter.
4.149. (1) When contingent bills are drawn for works expenditure incurred by any administrative
Department other than the Department executing the works, details showing the name of the work, the
number and date of the order sanctioning the work and the amount of the sanctioned estimate shall invariably
be entered in the bill. A full description of each item of expenditure, together with details, where necessary,
showing the rates and quantities shall be given, and sub-vouchers, together with the payees receipts, shall
be furnished under the rules regarding contingent charges of this Chapter.
(2) When it is not possible to give details of the expenditure at the time of drawing the bill, the
detailed, expenditure shall be given subsequently in a bill in T.R Form No. 28 (in yellow colour), with the
heading Not payable at the Treasury, to which the necessary sub-vouchers shall be attached. The
transmission to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, of the detailed bill and
the sub-vouchers shall be completed within a month.
(3) The payments for labour charges shall be supported by the certificate mentioned in sub-rule (1)
of T.R. 4.120.
4.150. (1) All payments in respect of works expenditure shall be made by cheques drawn by the
authorised Public Works Disburser in accordance with the provision of Part A of Appendix 5. Drawal of
such cheques shall be guided by the general rules laid in the relevant rules for drawl of cheques in these
rules.
(2) Even in the cases where works is executed by a departmental officer directly, the payment to the
contractors and suppliers shall be made by Account Payee Cheques by drawing bills from the treasury in
the form prescribed for contingent charges.
(3) Where the work is executed by an Engineering Division on behalf of a Department of the this
Government and where charges are paid directly from the concerned departmental service or functional
Head of account, funds in such cases shall be placed at the disposal of the concerned Engineering Division
with the authority to obtain necessary Letter of Credit (L.O.C.) from the Competent Authority.
4.151. (1) Subject to the provisions as provided in these rules regarding payment by cheques, petty
sums under five hundred rupees shall not be paid by cheques and for the disbursement of these and other
claims which have to be paid in cash, e.g., wages of labourers and of the establishments charged directly to
works, etc., the Drawing and Disbursing Officer may draw money from time to time from the treasury or
the bank by cheque to replenish his cash chest.
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(2) Save as provided in sub-rule (1), no cheque shall be drawn unless it is required for immediate
payment and cheques drawn in favour of contractors and others shall be made over to them by the Drawing
and Disbursing Officer direct, though occasional delivery of a cheque through a subordinate may be permitted
at the discretion and responsibility of the disburser.
(3) It is not permissible to draw cheques and keep the amount unspent in the departmental cash
chests at the end of the financial year for the purpose of showing full utilisation of the allotment.
Payments to Labourers
4.152. (1) As a general rule, and subject to such exceptions as may be authorised by departmental
regulations, wages of labourers engaged departmentally shall be drawn monthly on muster rolls showing
the names of the labourers, number of days they have worked and the amount due to each. The daily
attendance and absence of labourers and fines, if any, shall be so recorded as to prevent any tampering with,
or unauthorised additions to, the entries once made.
(2) Subject to the provisions as provided above, the muster rolls may be kept in such form and in
accordance with such methods as may be authorised by the departmental regulations.
(3) The payment made on muster rolls shall be made or witnessed by a Group A Government
employee available in the disbursing office, who shall certify the payments individually or by groups. The
amount paid on each date shall be noted in words as well as in figures at the foot of the muster roll.
(4) If any item remains unpaid, the details thereof shall be recorded separately in the muster roll
in which they were originally drawn, before it is finally, passed by the person who made the payment.
Unpaid items shall subsequently be carried forward until they are paid, the payments being recorded and
certified in the same way as current items. Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, it shall be
optional to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer to adopt any other alternative method of making payment
of unpaid wages, subject to the conditions that a systematic record of items remaining unpaid is maintained
on the basis of the original entries in the muster roll in which they were drawn, and that reasonable precautions
are taken to prevent double payment or payment to wrong person(s).
Payments to Work-charged Establishment
4.153. (1) The wages of the work-charged establishment shall be drawn and paid in such form as
mentioned in the West Bengal Financial Rules.
(2) The pay bill of the work-charged establishment shall be a combined pay bill and acquaintance
roll form.
(3) A consolidated bill in this form shall be prepared monthly either for the whole sub-division
or for one or more sections of it, as may be convenient, but the names and the claims of the entire establishment
concerned including absentees, shall be shown in each bill. Names shall be grouped in the bill by works on
which the labourers are employed. Sanction to the entertainment or the establishment shall be quoted in
each case, and the Sub-Divisional Officer shall certify in the space provided for the purpose, that the
labourers were actually engaged in work during the periods shown against their names.
(4) The deductions on account of fines, income-tax, Provident Fund, Group Insurance, etc.,
with necessary Schedules, shall be shown by special entries against the names concerned.
(5) If the acknowledgment of the payee cannot conveniently be obtained on the bill itself, it
may be obtained separately and attached to the bill as a sub- voucher.
4.154. The pay bills may be signed at any time not earlier than five days before the last working day
of the calendar month in which the wages are earned though they are not due for payment before the first
working day of the following month, on which the bank is open. Any amount, if drawn in excess, shall be
adjusted in the next month. When, however, the service of an individual is dispensed with, it is permissible
and advisable to settle his accounts at once.
4.155. The wages remaining unpaid on a passed bill on the date fixed for closing the accounts of
the month, may be paid subsequently when claimed, on a separate bill, after quoting the reference to the bill
in which the charge was originally included and to the particular item thereof. In making payment of
arrears, suitable note of payment shall be kept against the original entries in the bill or other records as to
guard against second payment. The wages drawn but not disbursed for more than three months shall be
adjusted immediately by short drawal.
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Payments to Suppliers and Contractors
4.156. Unless in any case the Government after consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, direct otherwise, the payments for all work done otherwise than by daily
labour and for all supplies shall be made on the basis of measurements recorded in measurement books
kept for the purpose. The claims for such payments shall be prepared as far as possible by the claimants
themselves in authorised forms of bills and vouchers and no payment other than an advance payment may
be authorised unless the correctness of the claim in respect of quantities and rates as well as the quality of
the work done or supplies made have been accepted and all calculations carefully checked by the concerned
Divisional / Sub-Divisional Officer. Subject to such general or special instructions as may be issued by the
Government after consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal,
measurement books may be kept in such form and according to such methods as may be authorised by
departmental regulations.
Payments for Works done through Local Bodies
4.157. (1) When the maintenance of any Government buildings or roads is entrusted to a local
body the payment made to it on this account shall be treated in the same way as a payment for work done by
a contractor.
(2) If the lump sum payments have been agreed upon, each payment shall be supported by a certificate
recorded by the concerned Divisional / Sub-Divisional Officer that the work has been done in accordance
with the conditions agreed upon.
(3) When payment is made in advance for execution of such departmental works by drawing the
advance amount in abstract contingent bill in T.R. Form No. 27 by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of
the concerned Department, the adjustment of such advance shall be made by presenting a detailed bill in
T.R. Form No. 28 supported by a disbursement certificate, a statement of expenditure, a certificate regarding
completion of the work duly signed by the Chief Executive Officer of the Local body, entrusted with the
execution of the works in question, as the original vouchers in support of the expenditure are required to be
retained by the Local body for audit as per rules.
Advances to Contractors
4.158. As a general rule, and subject to such exception as may be authorised by the Government,
no payment shall be made to a contractor, except for work actually done or supplies actually made. Subject
to such general or special orders as may be issued by the Government in this behalf, advances, if any, made
to contractors during the execution of a work, shall invariably be recovered from their bills for the value of
work done or supplies made before making the final payment, which shall not be permitted without detailed
measurement.
Bills and Vouchers
4.159. Without prejudice to the generality of the rules in this Section, the detailed procedure to be
observed by departmental Drawing and Disbursing Officers in making payments for works expenditure
and the forms of bills and vouchers on which such payments are to be made, may be prescribed by
departmental regulations.
Section VIII. Payment of pension
4.160. (1) The pensions of the State Government Pensioners may be paid from any treasury in
India or from the office of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or from the
authorised public sector banks performing the function of a Drawing and Disbursing Officer in respect of
the pensioners desiring to draw their pension from any place in the Kolkata metropolitan area with the
consent of and subject to such conditions, as may be laid down by the Government.
(2) The pension may also be paid to the pensioners of non-Government Educational Institutions
other than non-Government Colleges from any treasury of the State and from Pension Disbursement Office
in Kolkata on the authority issued by the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West
Bengal.
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(3) The procedure for payment of pension through the public sector Banks banks shall be mentioned
in Part A and Part B of Appendix-15.
4.161. (1) (a) The payment of pensions may be made only on the basis of Pension Payment Orders
issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, in
respect of retired State Government employees, teaching or non-teaching employees
retired from non-Government Colleges and Freedom Fighters.
(b) As regards payment of pension to teaching and non-teaching retired employees of
non-Government educational institutions (other than Colleges) and Local Library
Authority, the payment may be made on the basis of Pension Payment Orders issued
by the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal.
(2) In issuing a Pension Payment Order, the issuing authority shall
(a) attach to the Pension Payment Order, a specimen signature of the pensioner if he can
sign his name. In the case of purdanashin ladies and illiterate pensioners who cannot
sign, his/her left thumb and finger impressions shall be attached. The specimen
signature and left thumb and finger impressions shall be duly attested by the Head of
the office concerned or by any authorised officer of the Pension Payment
Order issuing authority, and
(b) paste an attested copy of the joint passport size photograph of the pensioner and his/
her spouse on the Treasury Officers portion of the Pension Payment Order. This
requirement shall not apply to family pensions granted under the Wound and
Extraordinary Pension Rules or to any other person specially exempted by the
Government from the operation of this rule.
Explanation : For the purpose of pensions payable at the office of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the Treasury Officers portion
of the Pension Payment Order, shall be maintained by the Audit Register kept by the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, in which the
necessary particulars relating to each pensioner are entered in full.
4.162. (1) On receipt of a Pension Payment Order at the treasury, the pensioners portion shall be
made over to the pensioner after proper identification when he appears to receive his pension for the first
time. The specimen signature or the left thumb impression, as the case may be, of the pensioner shall be
taken, where necessary, in the space provided for the purpose in the Treasury Officers portion of the
Pension Payment Order and shall be identified with reference to the photo pasted on the Pension Payment
Order. In case of Purdanashin ladies and pensioners, who cannot sign, he/she shall put his/her Left thumb
impression in both portions of the Pension Payment Order.
(2) The Treasury Officers portion of the Pension Payment Orders shall be pasted in serial order in
separate files, one for each class of pensions, such as Service, Freedom Fighters, Educational, etc. These
files shall be kept in the personal custody of the Treasury Officer in such a manner that pensioners shall not
have access thereto.
(3) In cases where pension is drawn through authorised agents (who have indemnified Government
against over payments) under the special provisions made herein, personal appearance of the pensioner
shall not be necessary even on the first occasion.
4.163. When pensioner is specially exempted from personal appearance, the fact shall be noted by
the Pension Disbursing Officer on pensioners copy of the Pension Payment Order and in all cases of non-
appearance of a pensioner, a note shall be made on the Pension Payment Order about the proof of the
pensioners continued existence, in the space provided for noting the appearance in person. The initials of
the Pension Disbursing Officer or of the officer verifying the fact shall be put against the note.
4.164. (1) The Treasury Officers shall be authorised to renew Pension Payment Orders without
reference to the Pension Payment Order issuing authority in cases in which Pensioners portion is lost
supported with diary number of local police station, worn or torn, or the entries on the reverse of either the
Pensioners or the Disbursers portion are completely filled up.
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(2) The renewed Pension Payment Orders shall bear the old number and date and signature of the
issuing officer and the old ones, if available, shall be retained after cancellation by the Treasury Officer for
three years and then destroyed. A note of the issue of the new Pension Payment Order shall be made in the
Remarks column of the bank wise Pension Register.
4.165. On the renewal of a Pension Payment Order, the portion of the original order containing the
facsimile of the pensioners signature, or his thumb impression, as the case may be, and the copy of his
photograph, where it is kept, shall be cut off from the old and pasted on the renewed Pension Payment
Order. The Treasury Officer shall personally supervise the entire process of renewal of a Pension Payment
Order before signing the new Pension Payment Order.
4.166. (1) Each Treasury Officer shall keep a Register of the Pension Payment Orders received in
his treasury in the Form as mentioned in Annexure B of Part A of Appendix 15, which shall serve as an
index to the files of orders referred to herein.
(2) After ensuring that a new order is correctly entered in the said register, the Treasury Officer shall
put his initials in the column of Name of pensioner, and draw a line in red ink across the page below the
entry by the Pension Disbursing Officer or Treasury Officer. The column of remarks shall be kept in blank
as long as the order of payment is in force; but when both portions of the order are returned on account of
death of the pensioner or application for transfer or otherwise, name of the pensioner shall be permanently
struck off the list of pensioners and the date and the cause of return shall be entered under the initial of the
Treasury Officer.
(3) The Pension Disbursing Officer or Treasury Officer shall maintain a bank wise Pension Payment
Check Register in the form as at Annexure D of Part A of Appendix 15.
4.167. (1) On the receipt of intimation about the death of a pensioner, prompt action shall be taken
to record the fact in the bank wise Pension Check Register and on the Disbursers portion of the Pension
Payment Order.
(2) The fact of death shall be noted in the Pensioners Death Case Register and also on the Pensioners
copy of the Pension Payment Order and the same shall be kept in the custody of Treasury Officer or the
Pension Disbursement Officer. Incase no family pension is payable thereafter, action shall be taken as per
the provision of sub-rule (7) of T.R. 4.192.
(3) In the case of pensioners whose pensions are paid by money order under the provisions made
herein, the necessary note shall be made on both portions of the Pension Payment Order.
(4) The Treasury Officer shall also furnish a detailed statement of the preceding financial year,
indicating the date of death of pensioner and commencement of family pension and also the date of death
of family pensioner to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal within the 15
th
April, of every year .
(5) The detailed statement as stated in sub-rule (4), shall be such as stated below:
(i) name of the deceased pensioner, Pension Payment Order No., date of death and date
of commencement of family pension, if any;
(ii) name of the deceased family Pensioner, Pension Payment Order No., date of death,
date of return of Family Pension Payment Order No. to the office of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, for cancellation;
(iii) particulars of ceasing of family pension to the minor on attaining the age of majority;
(iv) details of Dependant/Family Pension stopped due to marriage/re-marriage of
dependent/family pensioner.
4.168. The pensions fixed at monthly rates which become due for payment on the first working day
of the following month shall be disbursed as per schedule fixed by the Competent authority:
Provided that when there is a variation in the rate of a pension consequent on the disbursement of
the commuted value of a portion thereof, pension for the broken part of the month at the original rate may
be paid before the end of the month.
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4.169. (1) If the first three days of a month are public holidays on which pensions are not disbursed,
the payment may be made on the date as may be decided by the Government.
(2) In Kolkata, where payment of pension is made by the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, such payment of pension shall be subject to such condition as may be laid down
by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
4.170. (1) Save as hereinafter provided, pension shall be disbursed after proper identification of
the pensioner.
(2) Pension paid from the counter of the office of the Accountant-General, (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal or from the treasury shall, as far as practicable, be made through cheques.
However, at the request of the pensioner, pension upto Rs. 2,000/- per month may be paid in cash.
4.171. (1) A pensioner specially exempted by the orders of the Competent authority from personal
appearance, a female pensioner not accustomed to appear in public, or a pensioner who is unable to appear
in consequence of illness or physical infirmity, may receive his / her pension through a representative upon
the production of a life certificate signed by any officer as authorised herein below.
(2) A pensioner of any description shall be required to furnish a life certificate once a year in the
month of November in the form as mentioned in Annexure VI of Part B of Appendix 15. Officers of the
Reserve Bank of India and of the public sector banks, any Group A employee of the State or Gazetted
Officer of the Central Government, any Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed under the Indian Registration
Act, 1908, (16 of 1908),a Police Officer not below the rank of a Sub-Inspector in charge of a Police
Station, a Post Master / Departmental Sub-Post Master / Inspector of Post Offices, Assistant Inspector or
Sub-Inspector of Schools, any officer of the subsidiary bank of the State Bank of India or any bank included
in the Second Schedule to the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, wherefrom the pensioner draws his
pension, head of a Gram Panchayat / Panchayat Samity / Zilla Parishad, Head of any non-Government
school/college, any Registered Medical Practitioner, any Member of Parliament or Member of Legislative
Assembly / Councillor / Chairman of a Municipal Corporation or Municipality, Managing Director / Director
/ Executive Director of a State or Central Public Sector Undertaking are authorised to issue life certificate
in the aforesaid form.
(3) A pensioner of any description is required to furnish a declaration in November each year in
the form mentioned in Annexure VI of Part B of Appendix 15, about acceptance or non-acceptance of re-
employment, commercial employment within two years from the date of their retirement or thereafter and
also about acceptance or non-acceptance of any employment under any Government outside India.
(4) In case where the commercial employment or employment under a Government outside
India has been accepted (within two years from the date of retirement) without obtaining Governments
approval, the paying branch shall seek Governments approval through the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, before making further pension payments.
(5) (a) In case the recipient of family pension is a widow, the certificate of non remarriage
mentioned in Annexure VII of Part B of Appendix 15 shall not be necessary. An undertaking in the form as
may be prescribed by the bank shall be obtained from the widow that she shall report remarriage to the
pension disbursing office immediately after her remarriage. This facility shall also be enjoyed by widows
drawing their family pension in cash from the office of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal.
(b) In the case of other recipients of family pension (i.e. an unmarried daughter or a widower), the
certificate of non-marriage/ remarriage in the form mentioned in Annexure VII of Part B of Appendix 15 is
required to be furnished by the recipients once in a year in November.
4.172. (1) A pensioner not resident in India may, with the permission of the Reserve Bank of
India, draw his pension in India through an agent duly authorised by a legally valid power of attorney.
(2) The said agent shall produce a life certificate on each occasion, unless he has executed an
indemnity bond to refund overpayments and in such cases he shall produce the life certificate at least once
every year.
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4.173. A pensioner of any description resident in India is exempted from personal appearance if he
draws his pension through an agent who has executed a bond to refund over payments and produced a life
certificate at least once every year, signed by a person authorised herein before to sign such certificates.
4.174. A person drawing his pension through an agent in terms of the foregoing rule shall not be
entitled to receive his pension for more than a year after production of the last life certificate. The Pension
Disbursing Officer shall satisfy himself about the continued existence of such pensioner and shall take
prompt action to stop further payments on receipt of report of death of the pensioner.
4.175. (1) When a pensioner is a. minor, or is for any other reason incapable of managing his own
affairs, and has no legally appointed manager or guardian, the Collector may, on application by, or on
behalf of, the pensioner, and subject to such conditions as he may impose, declare any suitable person to be
the manager or guardian for the purpose of receiving, on behalf of the pensioner, the pension due to him.
(2) The payment of pension may be made to such manager or guardian in the same way as is done
in case of the original holder, subject to the condition that sufficient proof is furnished at the time of every
payment that the original holder is alive and eligible to receive the pension for the period in question.
(3) Such declaration of manager or guardian as stated in sub-rule (1), may, at any time, be revoked
or altered at the discretion of the Collector.
4.176. (1) If a person, to whom any amount of pension and / or gratuity is to be paid, is a lunatic for
whose estate a Manager has been appointed in this behalf under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912(4 of 1912),
the payment of pension shall be made to such Manager in terms of section 95 of the Indian Lunacy Act,
1912(4 0f 1912), to the person having charge of the lunatic under the order of the Collector or to such a
person under orders of the Court as well.
(2) The Pension Disbursing Officer shall pay the amount which he thinks fit to the person having
the charge of the lunatic and the balance, if any, or such part thereof as he thinks fit is to be paid for the
maintenance of such members of the family of the lunatic as are dependent on him for maintenance.
4.177. (1) Save as hereinafter provided in this rule, claims for payment of pensions shall be presented
in bills in the form of Annexure VIII of Part B of Appendix 15 for payment at the office of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or for payment at the counter of treasuries.
(2) A copy of the form as stated in sub-rule (1), shall be supplied by the Pension Disbursing Officer
duly initialled by him (so as to guard against fraudulent drawal) to each pensioner or his agent or
representative.
(3) The bill shall be duly receipted by the pensioner or by some other person authorised to give legal
acquaittance on his behalf, and if the pensioner cannot sign or where this is not possible due to physical
incapacity, his thumb or the great toe impression being duly attested by a well known and respectable
person shall be taken on the bill.
(4) Save as provided hereinafter, the pensioners portion of the Pension Payment Order shall invariably
be presented with the bill.
(5) In the case of physically handicapped pensioners who are unable to sign or put their thumb /
fingers / great toe impression, and purdanashin ladies, quittance by seal mark attested by a Group A employee
of the State or a Gazetted Officer of the Central Government, may be accepted in lieu of signature or thumb
/ fingers / great toe impression.
(6) The Treasury Officer may, instead of requiring each individual pensioner to present a separate
bill and subject to such general or special instructions as the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, may issue in this behalf, prepare a single bill in Form as mentioned in Annexure III of Part B
of Appendix 15 for all on account of each class of pensions. On the Plain the receipt of each pensioner
appearing personally shall be taken in the column provided for that purpose, or on life certificates, note
being made in the latter case on the separate receipts of the names of the person actually receiving the
money. On all such documents shall be entered the number of the entry in the bill.
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4.178. A life certificate shall accompany every claim, which is not personally presented, except in
the cases of non-resident pensioners and pensioners who receive payment through their agents. When
payment is made on life certificate, it can be made only for periods completed on or before the date of the
certificate. The life certificates shall be signed by a person duly authorised under these rules.
4.179. When a pensioner draws his pension through an agent or representative, the claim shall be
supported by the written authority of the pensioner to pay the pension to the agent or the representative to
receive payment on his behalf. In such cases, the endorsement Received payment shall be signed by the
pensioner and a separate receipt, which need not be stamped, shall be endorsed by the agent or the nominee,
as the case may be, in token of having actually received the payment.
4.180. A declaration in the form as mentioned in Annexure VII of Part B of Appendix 15, shall be
furnished in the month of November every year by all classes of family pensioners, whose pension is
terminable by their marriage or remarriage. Widows above 60 years of age are, however, not required to
furnish non-remarriage declaration.
4.181. (1) A certificate of non-employment in the form as mentioned in Annexure VI of Part B of
Appendix 15, shall be furnished in the month of November every year by all pensioners in receipt of any
kind of pension.
(2) If a pensioner who is required to sign the certificate is re-employed either permanently or
temporarily in a Government establishment, or in any local body, or autonomous body or in any commercial
establishment, during the period for which pension is claimed, such pensioner shall furnish the necessary
particulars therein, and the Pension Disbursing Officer shall ascertain and report whether the rules regarding
such re-employment have been duly observed.
(3) In the case of a pensioner permitted under rules of the Government to draw pension after re-
employment, the certificate of non-employment shall be modified according to facts.
(4) The Pension Disbursing Officers (including public sector banks in Kolkata) shall keep record of
receipt of certificates or declarations in the Register of Pension. The pension or relief shall be withheld as
per rule from the subsequent month in case of non-receipt of certificates/declarations from the pensioners.
4.182. (1) On appearance of a pensioner claiming payment of pension, his personal marks of
identification shall be checked by the Pension Disbursing Officer and the signature in the receipt shall be
matched with the facsimile of the signature taken on the Disbursers portion of the Pension Payment Order.
If the pensioner cannot sign his/her name, thumb/fingers/great toe impression on the receipt shall be matched
with the original impression taken on the Pension Payment Order. In cases of doubt, payment may be made
on the strength of the resemblance between the pensioner and his photograph, where one is pasted on the
Disbursers portion of the Pension Payment Order, pending final settlement of any question which may
arise about identification marks, signature or finger impressions.
(2) A pensioner drawing pension for the first time shall be required to produce the copy of the
order by which the sanction to his pension was communicated to him/her, and his/her signature or thumb/
fingers/great toe impression on the bill shall be matched with the specimen signature or thumb/fingers/
great toe impressions received with the Pension Payment Order. The Single Name Special Bank Account
of the pensioner shall be checked with reference to his/her bank passbook to be produced at the time of first
appearance at the treasury/Pension Disbursement Office for identification.
4.183. When a pensioner draws his pension through another person, the Pension Disbursing Officer
shall take special precautions against fraudulent presentation of claims and satisfy himself of the existence
of the pensioner and of the identity of the payee before any payment is ordered, and if he has any doubt,
shall refer it to the pensioner before payment.
4.184. In view of the special risk of fraud involved in the payment of pensions of women who do
not appear in public, special care shall be taken for the identification of such pensioners. The descriptive
rolls, when originally prepared and the periodical certificates of the pensioners continued existence shall
be attested by two or more respectable persons in the town, village, sub-division or district.
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4.185. Every payment made at the counter of the treasury or the office of the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall be entered on the reverse of both portions of the Pension
Payment Order and attested by the signature of the Treasury Officer or an authorised officer of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
4.186. (1) The payment of basic pensions not exceeding rupees two thousand five hundred (Rs.
2500/-), a month may be made by postal money order at the option and expense of the pensioner.
(2) The pensioners suffering from infirmity due to old age and physically handicapped pensioners
can draw their pension at option by money order at Government cost irrespective of the amounts of pension
drawn.
(3) When the mode of payment by postal money order is adopted, the rules as stated in sub-rule (4)
to sub-rules (15) shall be observed.
(4) A pensioner who elects to have his/her pension paid by money order shall present himself/
herself in person to the Treasury Officer and furnish a declaration to that effect in the form as mentioned in
Annexure V of Part B of Appendix 15 with his copy of the Pension Payment Order.
(5) The Treasury Officer shall identify the pensioner in the manner as laid down in these rules, paste
the declaration on the disbursers portion of the Pension Payment Order and keep both portions of the
Pension Payment Order in a separate file headed Pensions Payable by Money Order. On a date not later
than the 10th of every month, the Treasury Officer shall arrange to make out a money order form for each
pension recorded in the file mentioned above, less money order commission and make corresponding
payment entries in the table on the Pension Payment Orders.
(6) The Treasury Officer shall sign the money order form and initial the entries on the Pension
Payment Orders.
(7) The amount of pension, including commission on money order shall be remitted by cheque in
favour of the Post Master of the concerned post office.
(8) In order to minimise the risk of fraud, the Treasury Officer shall compare the signature on the
money order receipt every month with the pensioners signature on the Disbursers portion of the Pension
Payment Order.
(9) The Treasury Officer shall satisfy himself once every year in such manner as he thinks desirable,
that the pensioner is actually alive. In token of having done so, he shall endorse on the schedule of payment
for the month of December/January each year, a certificate to the effect that he has satisfied himself that the
pensioners were actually alive on the dates on which the pensions were remitted to them.
(10) The Pension Disbursing Officer or the Treasury Officer shall indicate pension amount and
commission on money order separately in the schedule of payment every month with the monthly accounts.
(11) In case of a female pensioner whose pension is terminable on marriage or remarriage, a
declaration in the form as mentioned in Annexure VII of Part B of Appendix 15, shall be furnished by the
pensioner to the Treasury Officer in the month of November every year before remitting the pensions for
the month of December.
(12) The Treasury Officer shall furnish to the Collector or Collector-in-charge half-yearly in the
month of January and July every year, a list of pensioners or family pensioners with full address, whose
pension or family pension are paid by postal money order in order to verify whether they are alive. The
Collector shall arrange with the Gram Panchayat or other suitable subordinate agency, such as the police,
for reporting promptly to the Treasury Officer the fact of such verification.
(13) It shall not be necessary to prepare separate pension bills for such payment. The payments shall
be shown in a separate schedule, which shall serve as voucher. A certificate in the following form shall be
endorsed on the schedule:
Certified that I have satisfied myself that all payments noted in the schedule have actually been
remitted by money order..
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(14) In the schedules for January every year, an additional certificate in the following form shall be
added :-
Certified (1) that I have obtained, where necessary, from each pensioner a declaration that he has
not received any remuneration for serving in any capacity under Government or under a local body/
autonomous body/commercial establishment during the past year, and (2) that I have obtained from each
female a declaration in the form as mentioned in Annexure VII of Part B of appendix 15 that she has not re-
married/married and that the pensioner whose pension is terminable on her re-marriage or marriage, has
not been married during the past year..
(15) In the schedule for the month following the month of payment, the Treasury Officer shall
furnish the following certificate:
Certified that I have satisfied myself that all pensions included in the schedule for the previous
month have been paid to the proper persons and that I have obtained all money order receipts in support of
these payments and filed them in my office..
4.187. (1) Where owing to old age or infirmity or in consequence of some physical disability, it is
not possible for a pensioner to present in person to the Treasury Officer, the Treasury Officer may accept a
declaration electing to have his pension paid by money order, signed by the pensioner duly verified under
his seal by a Gazetted Officer of the Government of India or a Group A employee of the State Government,
a Magistrate, a Justice of Peace, a Block Development Officer, a Police Officer not below the rank of Sub-
inspector in charge of a police-station or any Government officer of equivalent rank having his Headquarters
at the place where the pensioner is living for the time being. The officer verifying the declaration shall
specify the circumstance for which it is not possible for the pensioner to present the declaration in person
to the Treasury Officer.
(2) Where the pensioner is physically incapable of signing the declaration, the Treasury Officer
may authorise payment on production of a certificate from, the Chief Medical Officer of Health of the
district or a registered medical practitioner known to him to the effect that the pensioner is alive but is
unable to sign the required declaration. In such a case, the pension may be paid to the heir, not being a
minor, who would receive payment of the arrears of pension in the event of the pensioners death, subject
to the condition that such certificate is certified by the Collector that the person claiming to be the heir is in
fact the heir and continued to be the heir throughout the period for which he draws the pension.
4.188. (1) The payment of the commuted value of a portion of a pension may be made upon the
authority issued
(a) by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or
(b) in case of non-Government educational Institution (other than Colleges) by the
Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal.
(2) The payment of the commuted value of a portion of a pension shall be made only to the person
legally entitled to receive it.
4.189. (1) Gratuities shall be paid on the authority received from Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, or in case of non-Government educational Institution (other than Colleges)
the Director of Pension Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal, to whom the sanction is
communicated by the sanctioning authority.
(2) In case of pensioners of other State Governments such authority, as stated in sub-rule (1), shall
be issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, to whom the sanction is
communicated by the Accountant-General or the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), of the
concerned State.
(3) In case of State Government pensioners, the Gratuity and commuted value of pension shall be
drawn by the concerned Drawing and Disbursing Officer and in case of pensioners of non-Government
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educational institutions (including Colleges) and pensioners of other States, such claim shall be drawn by
the concerned Treasury Officer or the Pension Disbursing Authority. In the latter case, the payee is required
to produce his personal copy of the letter from the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West
Bengal or the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal, authorising the
payment of Gratuity to the Treasury Officer or the Pension Disbursing Authority who shall record the fact
of payment having been made on the copy of the order so produced.
4.190. (1) The recovery of Government dues shall be effected from the Gratuity and if necessary
from the relief on pension as indicated in the authority for payment.
(2) In the case of recovery of Government dues from the gratuity, the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer shall prepare the bill for gross amount and the amount of recovery of Government dues shall be
transfer-credited to the appropriate Head of account supported with a challan. The Treasury Officer or the
Pension disbursing Authority shall make payment for the net amount.
(3) If the Government dues are required to be recovered from the relief on pension the Treasury
Officer or the Pension Disbursing Authority shall recover such dues and deposit the recovered amount by
transfer through challan(s) to the appropriate Head(s) of account.
(4) In the case of payment made through public sector banks under Part A of Appendix 15, the
concerned paying branch of the bank shall furnish a certificate with the monthly advice showing the name
of the pensioner, Pension Payment Order number, gross amount of payment, amount recovered and net
amount paid to the link branch for onward transmission to Pay and Accounts Office, Kolkata, through
Reserve Bank of India.
4.191. (1) Unless the Government by general or special orders direct otherwise, a pension remaining
undrawn / undisbursed for more than a year shall cease to be payable by the Pension Disbursing Officer
and if the pensioner appears afterwards or a claim is presented on his behalf, the Pension Disbursing
Officer may make the payment, but the arrears may be paid after the Pension Disbursing Officer is satisfied
as to the genuineness of the case and subject to the conditions: -
(a) the arrears shall not be paid for the first time;
(b) that prior sanction of the Collector of the district or Director of Treasuries and
Accounts, West Bengal in Kolkata district, in which the Pension Payment Office is
located, has been obtained if the amount of arrears does not exceed Rs. 50,000/-
(Rupees Fifty Thousand); or
(c) that prior sanction of the authority by whom the pension has been sanctioned, has
been obtained if it exceeds Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand).
(2) In case a pension remains undrawn or undisbursed for more than three years in the case of a
service or education pension or more than six years in the case of a political pension, it cannot be paid
without the authority of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or Director of
Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West Bengal, as the case may be.
(3) If the suspension of payment is attributed to error or neglect by any Government Officer, the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, may direct for the payment of the arrears
on his own authority.
(4) (a) A Gratuity or Commutation Payment Order shall remain valid for twelve months
from the date of its issue unless therwise directed in the payment order.
(b) No such order shall be retained by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer or by the
Pension Disbursing Authority, if payment has not been made on it within the validity
period.
(c) The order shall be returned just after expiry of the validity period to the order issuing
authority of Gratuity or Commuted Value Payment with a non-payment certificate.
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4.192. (1) Subject to any rule or order issued by the Government in this behalf, the procedure for
payment of arrears of pension due in respect of a deceased pensioner shall be regulated in accordance with
the provisions of sub-rule (2) and sub-rule (3).
(2) The pension may be drawn for the day of a pensioners death and the hour at which death takes
place shall have no effect on the claim.
Explanation. For the purpose of this sub-rule, Day means a calendar day beginning and ending
at midnight.
(3) On the death of a pensioner, the payment of any arrears actually due may be made to his/her
nominee(s) or in the absence of nominee(s) or nomination, to his/her heirs on production of an indemnity
bond of double the amount due for payment, duly stamped subject to the condition that such heirs shall
apply within one year of his death. Such heirs shall not be paid thereafter otherwise than in accordance with
the provisions made herein before. A Death Case Register shall be maintained by each treasury in T.R.
Form No. 30:
Provided that, if the arrears of pension do not exceed Rupees Fifty Thousand (Rs50,000/-) and the
case presents no peculiar features, the pension disbursing authority may pay the arrears on his own authority.
(4) Subject to the provisions as provided in sub-rule (2) and sub-rule (3), the provisions of T.R.
4.084 shall apply to payment of arrears of pensions of a deceased pensioner.
(5) Any person claiming as the nominee(s) or heir of a deceased pensioner shall be required to
produce the pensioners portion of the Pension Payment Order, or if no Pension Payment Order has been
issued, the copy of the order in which the sanction to the pension was communicated to the pensioner or the
heir. If a pensioners portion of the Pension Payment Order or the copy of the order sanctioning pension is
not available or lost, the loss shall be reported to the local police station and the claim for such arrear shall
have to be supported by an affidavit sworn before the competent authority, mentioning therein the General
Dairy entry number for such loss of Pension Payment Order or order.
(6) After payment of the arrears of pension, both portions of the Pension Payment Order shall be
returned to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, with a report of death of the
pensioner.
(7) In case family pension arises after the death of the pensioner, both portions of the Pension
Payment Order may be retained with the Pension Disbursing Authority. The report of death and fact of
payment of arrears of pension and commencement of family pension shall be sent to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
4.193. (1) Each Treasury Officer shall submit in the month of January and July every year to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, a half-yearly statement of cases of failure
to draw pensions. The statement shall be prepared in two parts, one part showing the names of all pensioners
who have not drawn their pensions for three years, and the other part showing the names of pensioners
other than those included in the former part, who have not drawn their pensions for more than one year. The
reason for the non-drawal, if known, shall be stated against each name.
(2) The Disbursers portions of the Pension Payment Orders of all pensioners whose names are
included in Part I of the statement, as also of deceased pensioners, where the arrears of pensions due are not
claimed within one year of the pensioners death, shall be returned to the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Director of Pension, Provident Fund and Group Insurance, West
Bengal, along with the half-yearly statement except in the case of commencement of family pension. The
Treasury Officer shall sort out such cases by examining the Register of Pension Payment Order every
month in the Form as at Annexure B of Part A of Appendix 15.
(3) In case, the pension is disbursed through the bank, such bank shall send such statement to the
linked treasury or the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, as the case may be.
(4) In case of undrawn pension including the undrawn pension due to death of pensioner, the bank
shall take steps to refund such undrawn pension immediately to the linked treasury or the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, as the case may be for credit to Government account.
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Section IX. Grant-in-Aid
Grants-in-aid, Contributions, etc.
4.194. The term grants-in-aid, contributions, etc., includes such classes of expenditures as grants
to local bodies and other bodies or organisations funded by the Government, religious, charitable or
educational institutions, stipends and scholarships, contributions to public exhibitions and fairs and
compensations to Government employees or person(s) not in Government service for accidental losses,
etc. Bill for Grants in aid shall be drawn by a regular Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
4.195. (1) Unless in any case the sanctioning authority directs otherwise, all bills for grants-in-aid,
contributions, etc., to local bodies, religious, charitable or educational institutions and other non-Government
bodies or persons, shall be presented in T. R. Form No. 31 for payment through any Government official
namely, the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Officer or the Project Officer or the Finance Officer
or such other officer of that organisation as authorised in Government Order sanctioning the grant, etc. For
drawal of bills for such grants-in-aid, etc. in favour of a non-Government Organisation, a departmental
officer at the level of the District or Sub-division in which the headquarter of the grantee Institution or
Organisation is located or an officer of the administrative Department at the headquarter centrally, in absence
of any district level set-up of that Department, may be authorised to that effect.
(2) The treasuries shall allot Drawing and Disbursing Officer Code to the concerned officer for the
purpose as per guideline issued by the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal.
(3) The recurring and non-recurring grants may be drawn by the Principals of the Colleges or
Finance Officers of the Universities without any countersignature, if so authorised by the Government.
4.196. (1) Bills for educational scholarships, stipends, etc., shall be presented in T. R. Form No. 33
or in such other form as may be prescribed by the Government after consultation with the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal. In the case of payments to institutions under private
management, such bills shall be prepared and vouched for by the authorities of the institutions concerned
and countersigned by such Government official as may be nominated in this behalf by the Government.
The orders sanctioning the payment shall be quoted in each case. If any conditions are attached to the
payment of scholarships or stipends, the bill shall bear a certificate of the countersigning officer to the
effect that the prescribed conditions have been fulfilled.
(2) Where the amounts of scholarship in respect of students awarded scholarship under various
scholarship schemes are drawn by presentation of bills by the authorised officer of the Departments concerned
in accordance with the rules governing such schemes and the cheques or bank drafts obtained in favour of
the Heads of the institutions concerned are sent to them for making payments to the students concerned, the
provisions of this rule shall not be applicable to the various scholarship schemes of the Government.
4.197. (1) The payment of salaries to teaching and non-teaching staff of aided non-Government
Secondary Schools, including Junior High Schools or Madrasahs covered by salary-deficit scheme through
public sector banks are made by drawing cheque in favour of the nominated branch of the public sector
bank linked with the treasury. On the basis of allotment of fund against sanctioned posts, the District
Inspector of schools or the Assistant Inspector of Schools shall prefer bill in the form, as stated in T. R.
Form No. 32 to the concerned treasury.
(2) The bill shall accompany a statement showing the name of the institution, the number of sanctioned
posts with category and scale of pay, gross emoluments claimed for each number of category of post,
amount of Provident Fund recovered and transfer credited to the Provident Fund Deposit Account, other
Governal dues recovered by transfer credit to the appropriate head of Account and the net amount claimed.
(3) The bill shall accompany challan, showing institution-wise amount recovered on account of the
Provident Fund. For other Government dues separate challans shall accompany the bill for separate heads
of accounts. In case of vacancy or leave against the sanctioned post, no amount shall be claimed on such
vacancy or leave and the fact of such vacancy or leave shall be recorded in the statement.
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(4) In the month of September and March every year the District Inspector of School shall
communicate the number of sanctioned posts under each category against each institution and the allotment
of fund, to the treasury concerned within the District.
(5) The information shall be recorded properly in the treasury in a suitable Register under
authentication of the Treasury Officer and the amount claimed in the monthly bill shall be checked with
reference to the sanctioned post. The allotment of fund and arithmetical accuracy of the bill shall also be
checked.
(6) After scrutiny of the bill, if it is found that the amount claimed is in order, the same bill shall be
passed for payment and the cheque may be drawn for the net amount in favour of the bank with which the
institution is attached.
(7) The cheque shall be delivered to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned.
4.198. The compensation to Government employees or to an individual not in Government
employment for losses due to fire, riot, flood, cyclone, earthquake or for any other causes may be drawn by
the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the concerned Department in T.R. Form No. 31 and the bill so
drawn shall be supported by necessary sanction order noted in the bill.
Section X. Refund of revenue
Refunds of Revenue
4.199. (1) Save as otherwise provided in sub-rule (2) , refunds of revenue may be drawn on demand
and on receipt only of the person entitled to receive them after production of proper authority, and the
provisions of this section shall not be applicable on the receipt of a departmental officer and subsequently
kept in a deposit account pending demand.
(2) For facilitating payment to the persons entitled to receive them, refunds of revenue shall be
drawn on the receipt of a departmental officer as stated in sub-(rule (3), on the strength of a special order
issued in this behalf by the administrative Department concerned in consultation with the Finance Department.
(3) The departmental officers may draw amounts in lump sum on their receipt and make payment
(by obtaining separate cheques in favour of each of the refundees or by cash where the amounts are upto Rs.
1000 in each case) to the refundees concerned in certain types or classes of receipts handled by them which
are specified by any departmental regulations or by any special or general order issued by the Government.
(4) The bill for such drawal shall be made in T.R. Form No. 34 and such form shall be accompanied
by a statement showing the names of the refundees, the amount refundable to each, and the number and
date of the challan through which the money was originally credited.
4.200. Every refund shall be noted against the original credit in the departmental accounts or other
documents in which the moneys received are entered in detail, and a certificate of such a note having been
made shall be given in all vouchers for refunds.
4.201. (1) Except as hereinafter provided, or unless some other form has been prescribed by
departmental regulations for any particular clause of refunds, bills for drawing money from the treasury on
account of refunds of revenue shall be prepared in T. R. Form No. 34 and presented to the treasury through
the authenticated Bill-Transit Register of the officer, so authorised. The officer who received the original
amount shall fill in column 1 to column 5 of the form and sign at the foot of the certificate, while the
Treasury Officer shall verify the credit by means of the particulars in column 4 column 5 and affix his
signature in column 6 in token of his having done so.
(2) Where under the provisions of sub-rule (2) of T.R. 4.199, a departmental officer is required to
draw the amount for refund of revenue, such departmental officer shall prepare a bill in T.R. Form No. 34
supported
(a) by the original challan through which the money was credited to the Government
Account, or
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(b) by a duly attested copy of the challan along with a statement showing the names
of the refundees, the amount to be refunded and the number and date of the challan
through which the money was originally deposited to the Government Account and
the amount, if any, already refunded, in cases where the amounts received from
more than one person were credited by a single challan and present it for payment of
refund, after acknowledging the receipt thereof in the space provided for payees
signature and after scoring out the words payees signature.
(3) The Treasury Officer shall then make payment to the departmental officer after verifying the
credited amount as herein above.
(4) As an exception to the general rule laid down herein, the numbers and dates of challans under
which the cost price of country spirit, ganja and bhang is deposited in the treasuries shall not be required to
be furnished with the refund bill for refunding the cost price to contractors and other persons concerned.
The bills for such refunds shall be prepared in T. R. Form No. 35.
(5) The District Excise Officers shall, however, have to send to the treasury at the end of every
month a statement showing the balance of unrefunded cost price brought forward, the total amount deposited
by vendors during the month, the amount in respect of which a refund bill has been issued during the month
and the closing balance so that the Treasury Officer may verify the figures with his books.
4.202. (1) If the amount of an examination fee, originally deposited into the agency bank or any
part of it, is to be refunded, a bill in T. R. Form No. 34 shall be drawn in the manner laid down in T.R. 4.199
and 4.201 hereinabove. Such bill shall be submitted with the original copy of the challan duly receipted and
stamped, where necessary by the candidate and after being passed for payment, shall be presented to the
Pay and Accounts Officer, Kolkata by the authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the Public Service
Commission, West Bengal through his Bill Transit Register.
(2) If the amount of an examination fee originally received from a candidate by means of a Crossed
Postal Order, or any part of it, is to be refunded, the Deputy Secretary, Public Service Commission, West
Bengal, shall present to the Pay and Accounts Officer, Kolkata, a bill for the amount to be refunded duly
supported by the original challan crediting the money to the Government account along with the money
order forms duly filled in.
(3) The accompanying challan shall indicate under the dated signature of the Deputy Secretary,
Public Service Commission, West Bengal, the total amount to be refunded. If the amount were deposited in
lump sum into the bank, a statement showing the names of the candidates demanding refunds, the amount
to be refunded to each, the numbers and dates of the challans in which the fees were originally deposited,
and the amount, if any, already refunded, duly attested by the Deputy Secretary, Public Service Commission,
West Bengal, shall be attached with the bill instead of the challan.
(4) The Pay and Accounts Officer, Kolkata, shall after necessary check and verification with reference
to the original entry in the bank scroll, pass the bill and forward the money order form to the post office
along with a Government Account Cheque for the total amount of the bill (including the commission on
money order) in favour of the Postal Department under intimation to the Drawing and Disbursing Officer
of the Commission.
(5) The Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the Public Service Commission or an officer duly
authorised in this regard shall watch the money order receipts and record them by pasting on the office
copy of the bill of refund. On receipt of the intimation, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the Public
Service Commission, West Bengal, shall make necessary note of the amount refunded in the original copy
of the challan under his dated signature.
4.203. Unless otherwise provided by any law or rule or departmental regulation, an order for refund
of revenue shall remain in force, for a period of 1(one) year or upto the end of the financial year during
which the order was passed, whichever is earlier and no payment shall be made on its authority thereafter
unless it is revalidated by the sanctioning authority.
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Section XI. Public Debt
Interest on Government Debt.
4.204. The procedure with regard to payments of interests on different form of Government securities
shall be regulated by the rules and orders contained in this behalf in the Government Securities Manual
issued under the authority of the Government of India read with the West Bengal Government, Securities
Rules, 1938 and Appendix 18 of these rules.
Government Promissory Notes
4.205. Government Promissory Notes, on which interest becomes due, shall be presented to the
Treasury Officer, who shall make payment observing the procedure laid down in Appendix 18 of this rules.
Bearer Bonds
4.206. The interest warrant attached to a Bond shall be presented to the Treasury Officer, who,
having made scrutiny of relevant records, shall issue necessary orders on the bank in the warrant to make
the payment.
Stock Certificates
4.207. The interest on Stock Certificates shall be paid by the bank on interest warrants issued by
the Public Debt Office of the Reserve Bank of India without the intervention of the Treasury Officer. The
bank shall arrange to pay the interest due on the Warrant to the holder of the Stock Certificate.
Repayment of Principal
4.208. The provisions of the foregoing rules shall apply mutatis mutandis to repayment of principal
of any Promissory Note, Bearer Bond or Stock Certificate, which may be notified for discharge; but nothing
in these rules shall be deemed to override any rule or order contained in the Government Securities Manual
issued by the Government of India, regulating the procedure for the payment of interest on or principal of
any Public Debt.
4.209. When under the terms of a loan, notification issued by the Government, subscriptions to any
new loan are receivable at the treasury, the procedure to be observed by the Treasury Officer in receiving
such subscriptions and crediting them into the Consolidated Fund, shall be regulated by the provisions of
Chapter VII of the Government Securities Manual issued by the Government of India, and by such
supplementary instructions, if any, as may be issued by the Government in this behalf.
4.210. The procedure to be followed by Treasury Officers and the Public Debt Office in making
payments in respect of the principal of any loan when it falls due, shall be governed by the rules contained
in Chapter VIII of the Government Securities Manual issued by the Government of India, and by
supplementary instructions as may be issued by the Government in this behalf.
Treasury Bills
4.211. Unless the Government direct otherwise, the treasury bills shall be issued from and repaid
at the office of the Reserve Bank of India. The procedure to be observed by the bank in connection with the
sale and discharge of such bills shall be governed by such instructions as may be issued by the Government
to the bank.
4.212. The treasury bills may only be paid on maturity at the Office of the Reserve Bank. After
payment the discharged bills shall be transmitted to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, or the Treasury Officer, as the case may be, in the same way as other paid vouchers.
Ways and Means Advances
4.213. When Ways and Means Advances are taken by the Government from the bank, the request
to the bank shall be accompanied by a demand promissory note for the amount to be issued by the Finance
Department on behalf of the Governor, simultaneously communicating the particulars of the advance, that
is, the amount and the interest payable thereon to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal.
Explanation. The term Promissory Notes as defined in Government Securities Manual (Fourth
Edition)
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A promissory Note contains a promise by the President of India or the Governor of the State, as the
case may be, to pay to the person or persons named therein or to his or their order, a sum expressed in
rupees either on a specified date or after certain notice, according to the terms of the particular loan to
which it relates, and to pay to the holder interest thereon at a certain rate periodically on certain dates
specified therein.
4.214. When notifying a payment the Government shall endorse to the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal a copy of the instructions to the bank. The bank shall cancel the
promissory note for the advance repaid or make a note on it, if it is a part payment. The note on final
cancellation shall be returned to the Government through the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal.
4.215. The interest on the advance shall be debited to the appropriate service head (i.e., 2049-
Interest Payment) by the bank at the time of repayment. The debit voucher shall be sent by the bank to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, directly.
Section XII Miscellaneous
Compensation for Land
4.216. The procedure to be observed for the payment of compensation for land acquired for public
purposes shall be regulated by the special orders contained in Appendix 12 and procedure for payment of
principal and interest on West Bengal Estate Acquisition Bond as contained in Appendix 18 of this rule.
Sale and Discount on Stamps
4.217. (1) When discount on sale of stamp is allowed by deduction from purchase money, the
stamp vendor shall deposit the net value of stamps including the amount of Income Tax [if any, to be
deducted at source as per Income Tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961), on Discount/Commission], through challan
under the Head 0030-Stamp and Registration Fees.
(2) The Treasury Officer or the Additional Treasury Officer shall prepare a Nil Bill by debiting the
head 2030-Stamp and Registration with the gross amount of discount or commission allowed to the
vendor and by transfer credit to the Head 8658-Supense Account with the amount of Income Tax (if any)
and also to the Head 0030-Stamp and Registration Fees with the net amount of discount/commission
(i.e., balance amount).
(3) The Nil Voucher shall be accounted for as per normal rule and shall be sent to Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, along with the monthly accounts.
(4) The stamp clerk/treasurer shall maintain in the single lock register (in which the vendor wise
issue of stamps is noted) inter alia, the amount deducted from each vendor towards income tax (if any) for
issuance of T.D.S. certificate.
(5) The procedure regarding the supply, distribution, custody, etc., of stamps of all classes, which
are the property of the State Government, shall be regulated by the instructions contained in the West
Bengal Stamp Manual and Appendix 20.
Payments to the Reserve Bank
4.218. (1) The sums payable to the Reserve Bank of India, e.g., bills in connection with the floatation
of new loans, management of Public Debt, etc., shall be discharged on the authority of the Government for
debiting the Government Account upto the extent of the amount due for payment on this account.
(2) The bank shall be authorised to debit to Government account, in advance of the submission of
consolidated bill for expenses incurred in connection with the floatation of a Government loan and payments,
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made on account of brokerage, subject to the condition that the bank accepts the responsibility in regard to
the correctness of the amount debited in advance and in case of any excess amount debited, the advance so
made shall be adjusted against the final bill of the bank.
Commissions and Committees
4.219. The procedure to be observed by the Commissions and the Committees of the Government
in drawing moneys for their expenditure shall be governed by the orders embodied in Appendix 13.
Expenditure against Grants at the disposal of an administrative Department of the Government
4.220. (1) A Government Order issued by an administrative Department for expenditure on specified
objects, all appropriations sanctioned against it shall be supported by an order of the Department concerned
stating that
(a) the object of the expenditure, which shall be within the general purpose of the grant;
(b) the amount of the money which has been sanctioned for it;
(c) the person who is authorised to draw the amount;
(d) the treasury or treasuries where from the money shall be drawn and
(e) the Head of account (17/15-digit) to which the amount is to be debited.
(2) A copy of the order shall be sent to the concerned treasury and the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal.
4.221. The Drawing and Disbursing Officer may draw the money on the basis of his receipt,
specifying the order under which it is sanctioned. He shall not draw more than what he actually requires
from time to time for meeting his immediate requirements. He may also make his receipts payable to any
other person, advising the Treasury Officer appropriately for this purpose.
4.222. An account of the expenditure against the appropriation shall be rendered to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, in which the officer shall enter on the receipt side all
sums he has drawn from the treasury and on the expenditure side all amounts he has spent. Vouchers shall
be furnished in the same way and under the same rules as in the case of a contingent bill. A copy of this
account (without vouchers) shall also be sent to the administrative Department concerned.
4.223. The account of every month shall be sent by 7
th
of next month, except when it is estimated
that the sanctioned amount shall be spent and the account shall be closed within three months from the date
of the sanction. In such a case, the account may be withheld till the end of the said period of three months,
and thereafter, the completed accounts shall be sent to concerned authorities. An account shall in any case,
be made and sent up to the 31
st
March of any year.
Investment by Government
4.224. The Bills for Governments investments, viz. subscribing to the equity of a Government
Company or a Corporation, etc. and giving loans to the said organisations, shall be drawn by the Drawing
and Disbursing Officer in the office of the sanctioning authority by presentation of a bill in T. R. Form No.
36 duly supported by a copy of sanction order for such payment.
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CHAPTER 5 Loans and advance
Section I. General
Introductory
5.01. The rules in this section shall apply to loans and advances of different classes, which are
granted by the Government to various organisations like local bodies, quasi- Government organisations,
Public Undertakings, etc., and to the private individuals, except in so far as they are governed by any
special rules contained in other Chapters of these rules or in any departmental regulations.
Mode of drawing and repaying
5.02. (1) A bill for drawal of a loan or advance shall be supported with a copy of the order of the
authority sanctioning such loan or advance and the number and date of the said order shall also be quoted
on the bill itself.
(2) Subject to the provisions of Section II of this Chapter, a Treasury Officer shall allow payment
of any loan or advance only if the bill for such drawal has been signed or countersigned by the authority
competent to sanction such loan or advance, or by an officer authorised for the purpose.
5.03. Loans to Co-operative societies, Statutory Corporations and other organisations may be
drawn on simple receipt in T. R. Form No. 36 (necessary changes may be made in manuscript, as and when
required, depending on the nature of loan/advance). Loans and advances for Government employees (other
than G.P.F. and Festival Advance) shall be drawn in T.R. Form No. 37. The Bill for Loans and Advances
shall be presented through the Bill Transit Register of the authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
5.04. (1) The repayment of loan or advance shall be made through challan. Before presenting the
challan to the agency bank, the classification and the rate of repayment shall be authenticated by the
departmental officer who has sanctioned the loan. In the absence of the departmental officer, the same shall
be authenticated by the concerned Treasury Officer.
(2) If the repayment is made by deduction from the amount of a claim against the Government, the
original date and amount of the loan or advance shall be stated on the bill for such a claim and also in the
accompanying schedule in T.R. Form No. 38 and give sufficient particulars for linking. If the amount
repaid includes interest as well as the principal, the interest shall be separately paid through challan. If the
repayment of principal and interest thereon is a fixed amount with a specified periodicity, the number and
date of such order fixing the amounts shall be quoted on the challans and schedules.
Section II
Special Rules for Different Classes of Loans Advances
Loans to Municipalities, Panchayats etc.
5.05. (1) Unless in any case the Government direct otherwise, all loans issued by the Government
shall be governed by such conditions and restrictions as stated in sub-rule (2) and sub-rule (3).
(2) Every loan granted to a Municipality, Panchayat or any other organisation funded by the
Government or to any person, shall be recorded by the departmental officer sanctioning the loan in a
separate register for the purpose of watching recovery.
(3) The funds spent for the purpose of granting such loan as stated in sub-rule (1), shall be reckoned
for interest as if they were drawn on the last day of the month in which they are included in the accounts by
the spending department or officer.
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Revenue Advances
5.06. The special procedure as stated in T.R.5.07 to T.R.5.09 for the drawing of revenue advances
under the Land Improvement Acts, and any other advances which Revenue Officers are allowed or directed
to make under the provisions of any law, or under special order of the Government.
5.07. (1) Subject to necessary sanction by the Government or by any other authority specially
empowered in this behalf, the payment of advances may be made to the Departmental Drawing and Disbursing
Officer for disbursement to the parties concerned on their duly stamped receipt.
(2) The bills for such advances shall be supported by a certificate to the effect that the payments
have been made to the proper parties and their receipts duly taken and filed in the departmental office. Such
bill may be drawn on abstract bills in T.R. Form No. 27.
(3) The drawal of such advances shall be subject to such restrictions as stated in clause (a) to
clause(d):-
(a) no officer disbursing these advances shall be allowed to draw a second abstract bill
without producing a detailed bill to account for the amounts already disbursed from
the last advance taken, any balance left being at the same time refunded into the
treasury;
(b) the submission of the detailed bill shall be made within sixty days following the
date in which the advance was drawn from the treasury.
(c) the Drawing and Disbursing Officers shall take the receipts of the payees on the
spot as soon as the advances have been made, and certify at the foot of the detailed
bill that the advances were duly sanctioned by the competent authority and paid in
their presence.
(d) the Payees receipt shall not be sent with the detailed bill and their names shall not
be shown in it. The detailed bill shall be forwarded to the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, through the Treasury Officer in support
of the debit appearing in the treasury accounts.
(4) No officer authorised to make advances may question the accuracy of the treasury plus and
minus memorandum. Every officer shall see that the debits and credits made to his account accurately
correspond with those recorded in his own registers and returns for each month. If he is not the Collector,
such officer shall obtain from the treasury a copy of the plus and minus memorandum with which he is
concerned and take necessary steps for the removal of differences between the two sets of accounts. Special
care shall be taken in paying recoveries into the treasury so that the amount of interest and principal recovered
are separately and distinctly credited, as the former shall not, and the latter shall, be credited in the plus and
minus memorandum.
Advances under Special Laws
5.08. Advances granted under any special law, shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions
of the relevant Acts and rules framed thereunder, or by such orders, general or special, as may be issued by
the Government in this regard.
Advances for Departmental Purposes
5.09. (1) Advances granted under special orders of competent authority to Government officers
for departmental or allied purposes may be drawn on the responsibility and receipt of the officers for whom
they are sanctioned, subject to adjustment by submission of detailed accounts supported by vouchers or by
refund, as may be necessary.
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(2) In the case of advances for survey and other departmental expenditure, which are ultimately
recoverable from private owners or other parties, the duty of maintaining detailed accounts of the advances,
of watching their recoveries and of supervision thereof shall rest with the departmental authorities concerned.
(3) The Treasury Officer shall be responsible only for maintaining a plus and minus memorandum,
where necessary in accordance with the directions contained in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992.
The provisions of sub-rule (3) of T.R. 5.07 shall also apply to advances of this class, the detailed
accounts of which are kept departmentally.
Advances to Government Employees on Personal Account
5.10. (1) These advances may be drawn on ordinary pay or travelling allowance bill form, or on
simple receipt form in T. R. Form No. 37, as may be found convenient. The names of Government employees
with their designations and amounts of advances sanctioned for each shall be clearly indicated in the form
to be used for this purpose.
(2) A personal advance to a Government employee may be repaid either in cash or by deduction
from his pay or travelling allowance bill, as may be required under the rule or order applicable to each case.
In cases in which repayment is made in cash, remittance of the amount to the particular treasury or office
from which the advance was drawn shall not be necessary.
Other loans and advances
5.11. Subject to the general provisions made above in this Chapter, loans or advances not falling
under any of the separate classes as specified may be drawn and repaid in accordance with such general or
special order as the Government may issue in each case.
Investment of surplus cash balances of the State Government
5.12. Money may be withdrawn from the Government Account under orders of the Finance
Department for the purpose of investments in securities of the Government in India in the name of the
Governor of West Bengal. All orders directing such withdrawals shall be signed by the Principal Secretary
or the Secretary of the Finance Department.
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CHAPTER 6 Deposits
Section I. Introductory
6.01. (1) Money received at the treasuries for deposit in the Public Account forming part of the
Government Account shall be broadly classified under suitable Heads of account appearing under two
broad categories of Deposits bearing interest and Deposits not bearing interest under Sector K Deposits
and Advances of the Public Account part of the Government Account.
(2) Separate Registers shall be kept for each class of deposits in accordance with the directions
contained in this behalf in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992, or under special instructions of the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
6.02. Unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context, the relevant provisions of this
Chapter shall apply to deposit transactions of the Public Works Department or Irrigation and Waterways
Department and Forest Department whose detailed accounts are kept in departmental offices, except in so
far as they may be varied or supplemented by departmental regulations.
SECTION II. GENERAL RULES AND LIMITATIONS.
6.03. (1) No money shall be received for deposit in the Public Account, unless, by virtue of any
statutory provision or any general or special orders of the Government, those are required or authorised to
be held in the custody of the Government.
(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (1), shall be the duty of the Treasury Officer to see that,
save as expressly otherwise provided by these rules, no money is credited as a deposit except under the
formal order of a Court or other competent authority and whether the amount could be credited to some
known head Head in the Government account and in the latter case the Treasury Officer shall make
representations to the Court or authority ordering its acceptance.
(3) The amount realised in instalments from certificate debtors on account of the employees special
contribution under the Employees State Insurance Act, 1948 (34 of 1948), and on account of the Employees
Provident Fund may be kept in revenue deposit, till the amount is realised in full from the certificate
debtors and remitted to the Employees State Insurance Corporation or the Regional Provident Fund
Commissioner, as the case may be.
6.04. (1) The treatment of the items as stated in sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (4) as deposits shall be
prohibited.
(2) No pay, pension or other allowances shall be placed in deposit on the ground of absence of the
payee or for any other reason. When a pension is sanctioned to several persons jointly, it may not be paid on
the appearance of one claimant only and payment of his computed share may be made, keeping balance in
deposit. Undisbursed pension, if any, shall be refunded to the Service Head.
(3) No fines shall be placed in deposit on the ground that appeals are pending. These shall be
credited at once to the revenue of the Government and refunded, if necessary, on the order of the appellate
Court. But compensation fines, (including costs in criminal cases) due to an injured party, and not to the
Government, may be kept in deposit both in appealable and non-appealable cases, till they lapse under the
ordinary rule.
(4) No refunds as provided in T.R. 4.199, whether of stamps or of other receipts, can be drawn and
lodged in deposit pending demand by the payee.
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6.05. No jewels or other property received for custody and restoration in kind may be brought to
the deposit account, though the value is stated in money.
6.06. Government Promissory Notes or other security deposits (not being cash) received from
contractors or other parties, shall on no account, be credited as deposits.
6.07. (1) The net sale-proceeds of unclaimed impounded cattle may be kept in deposits for three
months, and, if no claim be made within that time, are to be credited to the proper Head of account.
(2) No sale-proceeds of unclaimed property under section 26 of the Indian Police Act, (1861 5
of 1861) shall be placed in deposit at all. The property itself shall be kept for six months, but money
realised by sale, which is at once at the disposal of the Government under section 27 of the said Indian
Police Act, 1861, shall be credited to the appropriate receipt Head of the Government.
(3) The exceptions to the rule (2) shall, however, be made in the case of any property becoming
escheat when persons die intestate and without heirs. The civil Courts shall secure and hold such property
for certain periods in accordance with the local law.
(4) The Uunclaimed properties found by or delivered to a Police Officer, shall be made over to the
concerned Magistrate and proceeds of sale of such properties, if so ordered by the Magistrate, shall be
credited to the appropriate Head of account.
(5) If unclaimed property be perishable and on that ground sold immediately or if its value is less
than one hundred rupees, the proceeds thereof shall be held for six months in deposit under Revenue
Deposit, but the circumstance shall be clearly stated in the Challan presented at the treasury for entry under
Nature of deposits in the Deposit Register. If no claim is preferred within that time, the Treasury Officer
shall adjust under appropriate Head of account by per contra entry to Revenue Deposit.
(6) The Police Department is permitted to receive certain class of deposits such as Malkhana Deposits
Miscellaneous deposits, etc., pending final disposal of the items of deposits. Such deposits shall be classified
under Deposits of Police Fund. The deposits held by Commissioner of Police, Kolkata on account of
Poor Box Fund and Claude Martin Fund are subordinate to Deposits of Police Fund. The deposits
made into and withdrawals from these Heads shall be made according to the existing rules of the respective
funds. The detailed accounts of all such deposits are maintained by the concerned officer of the Police
Department. The undisbursed amount of such deposits except the deposits in the Poor Box Fund and
Claude Martin Fund shall lapse to the Government after the expiry of three complete financial years and
credited to the Head of account 0055-Police-800-Other Receipts-Unclaimed deposits of Police Fund in
the manner as stated in T.R. 6.16. However, the balances of the Poor Box Fund and Claude Martin fund
shall not lapse and continue to remain in the respective fund accounts.
(7) Security money including the caution money of the students of educational institution and earnest
money deposits of intending contractors may be paid into the treasury. Such deposits shall be classified
under distinct sub-Head subordinate to the minor Head Security Deposit. The details of such deposits
shall be maintained by the concerned Departmental Officer. Such deposits remaining unpaid for three
complete financial years (except in case of caution money deposit of Students of Medical or Engineering
and Degree Course for five years) shall lapse to the Government and credited to the Head of account
0075-Miscellaneous General Services-00-101-Unclaimed Deposits-001-Receipt due to Unclaimed
Deposits-27-Other Receipts in the manner as stated in T.R. 6.16.
6.08. (1) The Personal Deposit Accounts shall generally be authorised in the case of :-
(a) appointment of an Administrator for the purpose of administering moneys tendered
by or on behalf of Wards and attached estates and estates under Government
management;
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(b) moneys tendered by Government officers acting in their official capacity and funds
of organisations aided and/or financed by the Government, ;
(c) the Civil and Criminal Courts deposits in favour of the Chief judicial authority of
the concerned district or sub-division;
(d) certain regulatory activities of the Government for which receipts are realised and
credited to a Fund or Account under the provision of an Act to be utilised towards
expenditure thereunder and no outgo from the Consolidated Fund is involved in
such operation;
(e) creation of a Personal Deposit Account as required by a law or rules having the
force of law and certain liabilities devolve on the Government out of the special
enactment, e.g., (i) the receipts and repayments arising from the enactment like
Premises Tenancy Act, (ii) the handling of excess amount of the Prisoners private
cash through the Personal Ledger account opened in the treasury in the name of the
Superintendent of the Jail concerned (vide rule 544g of Jail Code, Volume I) and
(iii) Personal Deposit Account operated by the Land Acquisition Collector under
the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, as amended from time to time.
(2) The moneys tendered by Government officers as stated in clause(b) of sub-rule(1) may be accepted
as Personal Deposit at a treasury with the specific permission of the Government in the Finance Department
for the opening of an account with the treasury to credit receipts into and effect withdrawals therefrom
subject to the condition that -
(a) the opening of such account it is absolutely necessary;
(b) such account shall be opened Administrator-wise and scheme wise and
shall not be omnibus;
(c) the Treasury Officer and the Administrator shall maintain subsidiary accounts which
shall exhibit the name of party to whom the payment has been made, cheque number
and date, amount, purpose of the payment, etc. The scheme shall be indicated
on the cheque issued by the Administrator;
(d) no amount shall be transferred from this account to the bank Account or to any
other P.L. Account by the Administrator.
(3) On being satisfied that the detailed accounts of money to be held in such Personal Deposit
accounts shall be properly maintained and shall be subject to audit, such permission shall be granted by the
Government under intimation to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(4) Every Personal Deposit Account so authorised to be opened in the treasury by the competent
authority shall form a part of the Government Account and be exhibited in the Public Account part thereof
under the appropriate Head of account. Balances in such Personal Deposit Account, except in case of
Criminal Court / Civil Court and Rent Controller, do not lapse to Government, even if outstanding for more
than three complete account years. However, if such Personal Deposit Account is not operated upon for a
period of 2(two) years and there is reason to believe that the need for such Deposit Account has ceased, the
same shall be closed. The Administrator of the account shall be advised to draw a cheque for withdrawal of
the balance at credit, if any. If the balance is to be credited to the revenue of the Government, the Administrator
shall draw a non-encashable self cheque, and submit the same with a challan duly filled in showing the
Head of account where the amount is to be credited, after necessary verification of the balance with the
treasuries. On receipt of such non-encashable cheque, the Treasury Officer shall close the Personal Deposit
Account of the concerned Administrator and send the relevant voucher to the Accountant-General (Accounts
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and Entitlement), West Bengal along with the monthly accounts of the concerned month. The unutilised
cheque foils shall be surrendered to the treasuries by the Administrators. The Treasury Officer shall arrange
to destroy the unutilised foils.
(5) The holder of the Personal Deposit Account shall, immediately after end of the financial year,
make necessary verification and reconciliation of the balances with the treasury and shall furnish a certificate
of balance to the Treasury Officers on or before the 15
th
May positively for the purpose mentioned in Rule
rule 102 of the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992. The Treasury Officer shall verify the said certificate
with his record and send a report of verification of such balances to the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, by 31
st
day of May every year.
(6) Besides annual verification, it is incumbent on the part of the holder of the Personal Ledger
Account to verify the balance of his accounts at the close of every month with the treasury in order to
identify the encashed and unpaid cheques in order to ascertain the exact amount of the balance in his
account. In the event of any failure to verify the balance with the treasury for three consecutive months, no
cheque of the defaulting account holder shall be enfaced by the Treasury Officer without special permission
from the Finance Department.
(7) Withdrawals from all types of Personal Deposit Accounts shall be made by drawing cheques.
The cheque book shall be supplied by the concerned Treasury Officer. Before delivery of the cheques
issued by the holder of a Personal Deposit Account, the cheque shall be got enfaced by him with necessary
pay order from the treasury. Such cheque shall remain valid for a period of three months after the date of
pay order issued by the Treasury Officer.
(8) In case of Provident Fund Deposit Account of non-Government Educational Institutions,
institution-wise ledger folio shall be maintained in the treasury in T.R. Form No. 39.
6.09. (1) (a) The Personal Deposit Account created by debit to the Consolidated Fund of the
State, other than those created under any law or rule having the force of law by transferring fund from the
Consolidated Fund of the State for discharging liabilities of the Government arising out of special enactments,
shall be closed at the end of the financial year by minus debit of the balance to the relevant service Heads
in the Consolidated Fund of the State.
(b) The Administrator of the concerned Personal Deposit Account shall draw a self-cheque
along with challan and present it to the Treasury Officer, showing the classification as reduction of
expenditure to the concerned service Head where from the money was drawn. The transaction shall be
completed before the close of the financial year. Similar Personal Deposit Account, if necessary, may be
opened again in the following year, in the usual manner.
(c) Withdrawals from all types of Personal Deposit Accounts shall be made by drawing
cheques. The blank chequebook shall be supplied to the Administrator of Personal Deposit Account by the
concerned Treasury Officer with whom the Administrator has been authorised to open the account.
(2) Whenever under a special order a Personal Deposit Account is opened in the name of a particular
Government official for operation of transactions in respect of several schemes/projects, the Administrator
shall maintain detailed account of the scheme / projects for which it has been opened. The Treasury Officer
shall also maintain subsidiary Ledger scheme-wise in T. R. Form No. 40 and T. R. Form No. 41 and no
drawal in excess of the balance of a particular scheme shall be allowed.
(3) Subject to the provisions under sub-rule (1) of T.R.6.08, the Government in consultation with
the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, may authorise to tender money as Personal
Deposit at the treasury on behalf of any Quasi Government Organisation, non-Government Educational
Institution, autonomous bodies, Corporation, etc. The fund to such account, if provided by the Government
either by Grants-in-aid/Subsidy/Loan, the same shall be maintained for specific purpose for which the fund
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has been provided.
(4) Unless in any case, the Government direct otherwise, all credit to such account shall be made by
presenting challans and all withdrawals from such account may be allowed only on cheques signed by the
authorised Administrator of the deposit account concerned and presented to the treasury for enfacement
and to issue an order on the bank for payment. Withdrawals shall on no occasion be allowed to exceed the
balance at credit in the deposit account.
(5) The Administrator of all such accounts shall reconcile their monthly balance with the balance at
the treasury. On or before the 15
th
day of May of every year, the Administrator shall furnish a certificate to
the Treasury Officer or to any other authority as may be directed, about the annual reconciliation of balances
of the preceding financial year. Any such Personal Deposit Account, if not operated for the consecutive two
years, shall be closed and the balance to be transferred by the Administrator as reduction of expenditure to
the concerned service Head where from the money was drawn unless otherwise directed. The unused
Cheque Book shall be returned to the Treasury Officer.
SECTION III-. - REVENUE DEPOSIT
Receipts
6.10. (1) All kinds of revenue deposits under this category shall be separately paid into treasury
linked agency bank with challans or other prescribed documents setting forth all the particulars necessary
for entries to be made in the Register of deposits.
(2) Each item of receipt shall be recorded in the Register of Receipts and receipt entry shall be
checked and initialled by the Treasury Officer in accordance with the direction contained in this behalf in
the Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992.
6.11. (1) In respect of earnest money deposits made by the tenderers, which are classified as
security deposits, no previous authority of the Departmental Officer is necessary, but the depositor shall
state the designation of the officer in whose favour he makes the deposit and the appropriate Head of
account with fourteen digits accounts- code in the challan for crediting the amount in the Government
Account.
(2) The detailed account of the deposits made at the treasuries outside West Bengal, shall be
maintained by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, in the manner prescribed
by him.
(3) The security deposit and earnest money shall be deposited in the treasury link bank in which the
departmental officer, in whose favour the deposit has to be made, is attached. At the time of refunding the
security deposit or the earnest money, the departmental officer, in whose favour the deposit has been made,
if he himself is the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, shall release the original Challan and present the
Refund Payment Order (R.P.O.) through T.R. Form No.42/45 at the concerned treasury through Bill Transit
Register. If he is not the regular Drawing and Disbursing Officer of that Office, then he shall present such
Refund Payment Order (R.P.O.) through T.R. Form No. T.R.42/45 at the concerned treasury duly
countersigned by the regular Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
Repayments
6.12. The refunds of deposit may only be made on demand and on the receipt of the person
entitled to receive them on production of an order in T.R. Form No. 42 with the original copy of the challan
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from the authority, who ordered the acceptance of such deposit. The bill duly passed for payment, properly
receipted and stamped by the payee for drawing money from the treasury, shall be presented to the treasury
through the Bill Transit Register of the authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the office of the
concerned authority passing the order. If the balance be sufficient, the Treasury Officer shall make the
payment by Account Payee Cheque and record it at once under his initial in the Registers of both the
Repayment and Receipts noting in both the date and amount of the repayment. If sufficient balance is not at
credit against any particular item, the relevant repayment bill shall be returned with necessary comment.
Repayment Order and Voucher
6.13. The earnest money deposits cannot be refunded except under the authority of an order
endorsed upon the original deposit receipt of the Treasury Officer by the departmental officer in whose
favour the deposit was made, and under no circumstances can part payment be made.
6.14. (1) If a departmental officer desires that an item of earnest or security deposit money, instead
of being refunded shall be carried to the credit of the Government, he shall draw a bill for, necessary
transfer credit. Such bill shall be drawn in T.R. Form No. 43 supported with the original copy of the challan
under which the deposit was made with necessary order for transfer credit to the relevant Head of account.
The Treasury Officer shall make necessary transfer on the authority of this voucher.
(2) The authority for repayment of deposit, the detailed account of which is maintained by Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall be issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal on receipt of the bill in T.R. Form No. 45 from the departmental officer on
whose behalf the deposit was made. The authority for repayment, if found admissible by the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall be returned to the Departmental officer who shall
present the authority to treasury through his Bill Transit Register.
(3) When a Drawing and Disbursing Officer is attached with one of the bifurcated treasures but the
deposit is accounted for in the other treasury under the same payment jurisdiction, in such case the Drawing
and Disbursing Officer shall be allowed to present the bill or Instrument for re-payment of Civil Deposit or
Refund Payment Order (R.P.O.) relating to repayment of earnest money, security deposit etc., to the other
treasury where the Deposit had been made, as a special case, in relaxation of the provision that one Drawing
and Disbursing Officer be attached with one treasury. Necessary code of Drawing and Disbursing Officer
(DDO Code) in such case shall be allotted for restricted purpose of refund of Civil Deposit. The instrument
shall be presented to the concerned treasury through Bill Transit Register. In all cases of refund of Civil
Deposits, the treasury shall record such refund in the Deposit Register as well as in the Refund Payment
Register. Such allotment of code of Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be subject to the approval of
Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal.
(4) In cases where the deposit has been made in other treasury, where the departmental officer, in
whose favour the deposit has been made, is not attached (i.e. the Drawing and Disbursing Officer is not
under the payment jurisdiction of that treasury), the following procedures as laid down in sub-rule(5) to
sub-rule(7), shall be followed for refund of the Deposit.
(5) The departmental officer, in whose favour the deposit has been made, shall release and endorse
the original Challan (R.P.O.) and send it to the Administrative Department or the Directorate.
(6) The administrative Department or the Directorate shall issue an order authorizing one departmental
officer, who is a regular Drawing and Disbursing Officer under the payment control of the treasury where
the deposit has been made, to draw such refund. If there is no such departmental officer in that District or
Sub-division, the District Magistrate or the Sub-Divisional Officer, attached to the concerned treasury
where the deposit has been made, may be authorised to draw such refund deposit.
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(7) The concerned departmental officer or the Sub-Divisional officer as the case may be, shall
present the refund bill in T.R. Form No. 42 along with the sanction of the Department concerned and the
Refund Payment Order ( R.P.O.) at the treasury where the deposit has been made.
6.15. Unless otherwise provided by any law, or rule or order issued by the competent authority, a
deposit repayment order shall remain in force for a period of three months from the date on which it was
issued. After such date no repayment shall be made on its authority without revalidation.
Lapsed Deposits
6.16. (1) At the close of the 31
st
. day of March of every year,:-
(a) deposit not exceeding Rs. 25/- remains unclaimed for one whole accounting year,
or residuary balances not exceeding the said amount out of the deposit partly repaid
during the year then closing; and
(b) all deposits or balances in excess of the aforesaid amount, unclaimed for more than
three complete accounting years after the year of deposit and five complete accounting
years, in case of caution money deposits of the students of educational institutions
including Government libraries, shall be credited to the Government under the
appropriate Head of account in the Consolidated Fund of the State, keeping
necessary note in the Register of Deposit.
(2) In the case of deposits, the detailed accounts of which are kept by the departmental officers, the
list of such deposits and the balances thus lapsing, shall be prepared by them and sent to the office of the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, by the 15
th
day of May , every year with a
copy to the concerned Treasury Officer.
(3) In respect of the deposits, the detailed accounts of which are maintained in the treasuries, the
required lapsed deposit statement shall be prepared by the Treasury Officer, in T.R. Form No. 44 for carrying
out the accounting adjustment in monthly accounts for April and sent to the Office of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(4) On receipt of the lapsed deposit statement from the departmental officer, the office of the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall make necessary transfer entry for
credit to the appropriate revenue receipt Head of account in the Consolidated Fund of the State. The fact of
adjustment may be reported to the concerned departmental officer and also to the concerned Treasury
Officer. On receipt of the information, the Treasury Officer shall note the same in his Deposit / Receipt
Register and shall reduce the amount from the opening balance of the deposit in the monthly account at
hand.
(5) For the purpose of this rule, the age of a repayable item, or of a balance of it, may be reckoned
as dating from the time when the item or the balance, as the case may be, was initially deposited. If,
however, a repayable item deposited by a party in connection with a contract or supply order is, on request,
decided to be reckoned as deposit against a subsequent contract or supply order awarded to the same party,
the age of the item shall be calculated with reference to the date of the latter.
(6) Such of the deposits (or balances of deposits) referred to in the forgoing rule, which pertain to
contracts, supply orders that are under litigation or arbitration shall not be deemed as unclaimed deposits
for the purpose of crediting to Government under this rule. Such unclaimed deposits shall be listed out
distinctly along with relevant particulars so as to facilitate action for releasing the deposit, or for forfeiting
it, depending on the judgment or award at the conclusion of the litigation or arbitration. The relevant claim
shall require pre-check by the Accounts Officer before repayment.
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6.17. (1) The deposits, the detailed accounts of which are not kept at the treasury and which are
credited to the Government under T.R. 6.16 shall not be repaid without the sanction of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, who shall authorise payment on ascertaining that the
item was actually received and was carried to the credit of the Government as lapsed, and that the claimants
identity and title to the money are certified by the officer passing the application for refund.
(2) The deposits, the detailed accounts of which are kept at the treasuries and which are credited to
the Government under T.R. 6.16, shall be refunded without the sanction of the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal. The Treasury Officer shall, before authorising the refund in such cases,
ascertain :-
(a) that the item was actually received,
(b) that the item is traceable in his records and was carried to the credit of the Government
as lapsed and was not paid previously, and
(c) that the claimants identity and title to the money are certified by the officer
passing the application for refund.
(3) The sanction or payment authority issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal in cases covered by the provisions of sub-rule (1) above shall be valid for three months from
the date on which it has been issued, after which no payment can be made on its authority without revalidation.
6.18. The application for sanction shall be made in T.R. Form No. 45. There shall be a separate
application for deposits repayable to each person, and it shall be used as the bill on which the payment is to
be made at the treasury. The bill for repayment of the lapsed deposit voucher shall be presented to the
treasury through the Bill Transit Register of the authorised Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the office of
the authority under whose order the deposit has been made.
6.19. The repayment of a lapsed deposit shall be recorded in the appropriate lapsed statement and
also in deposit Register of Receipts, so as to guard against a second payment. If the repayment is made after
the register of receipts has been destroyed, the responsibility for verifying the claimants title to refund,
shall devolve on the authority who signs the application in T.R. Form No. 45.
SECTION IV. CIVIL AND CRIMINAL COURTS DEPOSITS.
Receipts and Repayments
6.20. Subject as hereinafter provided, the provisions relating to receipts and repayment as made
herein before, shall apply in relation to Civil and Criminal Courts Deposits, with such adaptation and
modification as may be authorised by the Chief Judicial Authority, after consultation with the Accountant-
General(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
6.21. (1) Subject to such general or special regulations or order as may be issued by the Government,
Civil Courts and Magistrate shall arrange to pay/deposit into the treasury linked agency bank each item of
Civil or Criminal Courts deposit separately in separate challans or consolidated amount for deposits of all
kinds in a single challan in the prescribed form setting forth all the particulars necessary for entries in the
prescribed form in the appropriate Deposit Register, maintained in the treasury. The challan in triplicate
marked original, duplicate and triplicate for such deposits shall be duly passed by the authorised
officer of the Court concerned. The detailed accounts of all items of deposits so received and deposited into
Government Account under the Head Civil Deposits shall be maintained by the respective Court or the
Office of the Magistrate. The treasury shall maintain only challan-wise Register of such deposit.
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(2) The application in prescribed form for repayment of any deposit of a Court shall be duly scrutinised
by the Court concerned with reference to the relevant Register of Deposits and related records including the
Register of Challans kept in the Court as per Courts regulations and after being satisfied in all respects,
particularly about the availability of the balance of the deposits relating to a particular challan, the Judge-
in-charge, whose signature shall be in record with the treasury shall pass necessary order for payment with
full signature. The duly passed document for repayment of deposit shall, thereafter, be presented to the
treasury through the authenticated Bill Transit Register of the Drawing and Disbursing officer of the Court
concerned for collection of cheque against the said document.
(3) The treasury shall receive the passed application for repayment in the same manner like any
other bill or instrument for payment in respect of claims against the Government and shall verify the
signature and the pay order with reference to the challan number recorded in the Register of Deposit and
verify the signature both of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and the Judge-in-charge passing the
application with reference to the specimen signature kept on record of the treasury. Once it is found correct,
the deposit shall be verified with reference to the challan number recorded in the Deposit Register and after
verifying the challan number noted in the application with that noted in the Deposit Register, Treasury
Officer shall pass the application for payment keeping a clear note of the refund order in detail with his
dated signature. Thereafter the cheque shall be issued for the passed amount. In the event of insufficiency
of balance, the document shall be returned with necessary remarks.
(4) In case of repayment of lapsed deposit such as the Court deposits of both Civil and Criminal
Courts, lapsing to the Government and transferred to the Head of account 0075-Miscellaneous General
Services-00-101-Unclaimed Deposits-001-Receipt due to Unclaimed Deposits-27-Other Receipts after
three complete accounting years from the end of the year of the deposit, such lapsed deposit shall be repaid
only on the authority of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, issued in the
prescribed format as adapted in the Civil Rules and Orders of the Court. On receipt of such authority in the
said prescribed form the concerned Court shall present this repayment order, duly passed by the authorised
officer of the Court, to the treasury through the Bill Transit Register of the concerned Court for collection
of the payment. The Treasury Officer shall verify the credit with reference to the challan number furnished
in the repayment order and issue pay order only on identification of the credit and after ascertainment of
necessary balance of deposit against the entry made in the Lapsed Statement and also in the Deposit Register
in respect of the particular deposit. If there is requisite balance against that particular entry, necessary note
shall be kept against the said entry in respect of the discharge of the payment covered by a particular
repayment order. After discharge of a voucher, the progressive balance of the deposit shall be brought
down. The verification of signature in bill shall be made in the same manner as provided in the preceding
sub-rule.
6.22. Every transaction of receipt or payment of a Civil or a Criminal Court deposit shall be
initialled by the Judge or the Magistrate, or by some duly authorised Group A employee of the Court.
Agreement with the Treasury
6.23. As soon as the Statement of Lapses is prepared in terms of sub-rule(1) to sub-rule(3) of T.R.
6.16, a copy of the same shall be sent to the concerned Treasury Officer in order to enable him to keep
necessary note in the Deposit Register.
Deposit Payments
6.24. (1) Unless otherwise specified by the Chief Judicial Authority after consultation with the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, the repayment of deposits standing at the
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credit of individuals in the treasury Register or in the Magistrates or Judges accounts, shall be made on the
order of the officer on whose Register they were originally recorded. The persons claiming repayments of
such deposits, shall, therefore, apply to the officer who received them. After examining the appropriate
Register and making the necessary entries, he shall give the applicant an order for payment. A Magistrates
or Judges order shall be taken to the Treasury Officer for issue of cheque in favour of the payee through the
Bill Transit Register of the Court, unless the bank/treasury keeps a personal ledger account for deposit of
each Court, for whom the deposit was made. The repayment shall be made as per provisions of T.R. 6.12.
(2) Subject to any provisions of any other act or law, for the time being in force, where the Personal
Deposit Account is maintained by the Judge of a Civil Court, Tribunal court, Compensation Court etc.,
either in a bank or in the treasury for remitting without detail, the gross deposit receipt for credit in Personal
Deposit Account in such case, the concerned court shall also lapse the unclaimed deposit as per provisions
of sub-rule (1) to sub-rule (3) of T.R. 6.16. A statement of lapsed deposit shall be prepared and to be sent to
the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, for record (not for accounting adjustment).
A self-cheque shall be drawn for the lapsed amount and to be sent to the bank or treasury concerned with a
challan for transfer of the amount from the Personal Deposit Account to the revenue Head 0075-
Miscellaneous General Services-00-101-Unclaimed Deposits-001-Receipt due to Unclaimed Deposits-27-
Other Receipts. The repayment of such lapsed deposit may be made as per provisions of sub-rule (4) of
T.R. 6.21.
6.25. Unless in any case the Government direct otherwise, the cheques for withdrawals from a
Personal Deposit Account at the treasury, shall be drawn upon and presented to the Treasury Officer, who
shall enface them with an order on the bank to make the payment.
SECTION V.- DEPOSITS FOR WORKS DONE FOR PUBLIC BODIES OR INDIVIDUALS
6.26. The payments made to the Government by any Panchayat, Municipalities and other local
bodies for the cost of land taken up on their behalf under the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, shall be received
at the treasury, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 20 of Appendix 12. The number
and date of the award/ statement as well as the date on which the deposit has been credited in the treasury
accounts, shall be noted on all orders and vouchers on which the payments are made out of the deposit
account.
6.27. (1) The deposits for works to be done on behalf of local bodies and other parties may be
received and dealt with by the Public Works Department or Irrigation and Waterways Department, and
other departments carrying out the works, in accordance with departmental regulations.
(2) When under departmental regulations the local body or the party concerned is authorised to pay
the deposit directly into the treasury, the accompanying challan shall state clearly the name of the department
to which the amount is creditable and the division and the work to which the deposit relates.
SECTION VI. DEPOSITS OF FEES
6.28. (1) The fees received from non-Government bodies or private persons for work done for
them by Government employees shall be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) and
sub-rule (3).
(2) In cases where a Government employee is permitted to retain the whole of a fee, such Government
employee shall collect it himself and the Government shall not be concerned with the transaction.
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(3) In cases where the fees are divisible between the Government and the Government employee,
concerned and
(a) if the exact amount of the fees and the distribution of shares between the Government
and the Government employee are known beforehand, the share due to the
Government shall be credited as miscellaneous receipt of the department to which
the Government employee belongs, and the rest shall be collected by the Government
employee himself. The Government share shall be paid in the bank by treasury
challan crediting the same to the Government account as far as possible, by the body
or person paying the fee;
(b) if the amount of the fees or the shares are known only approximately,
beforehand, all the fees shall in the first instance be similarly credited to Government
Account, as far as possible, by the body or person paying the fees. The receipts shall
be credited to the appropriate deposit Head, pending final settlement, when the share
due to the Government is ascertained shall be credited as miscellaneous revenue
receipt of the department to which the Government employee belongs, and the rest
shall remain under the deposit Head for disbursement to the Government employee
by the Head of office who shall draw the amount on a bill in a deposit refund
bill form specifying therein the authority sanctioning the payment of fees.
(4) These rules shall be intended to be applied to cases in which the whole or a share of the fees as
such is payable to the Government employee doing work for non-Government bodies or persons.
(5) These rules shall not be applicable to cases, where a Government employee undertakes the work
as a part of his official duties although, in view of the extra work involved and in consideration of the fees
realised, he is remunerated by a share out of these receipts. In the latter cases the fees realised shall be
adjustable as departmental receipts and the disbursements to the Government employee as departmental
expenditure.
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Section VII. Special Rules For Deposits Of Local Funds
Explanation
6.29. The expression Local Fund denotes-
(a) revenues administered by bodies which by law or rule having the force of law come
under the control of the Government whether in regard to the proceedings generally,
or to specific matters such as approving their budgets, sanction to the creation or
filling up of posts, making leave, pension or similar rules,
(b) the revenue of any body which may be specially notified by the Government as
such.
Receipts and Payments
6.30. Save where it is expressly provided by any law or rule having the force of law, Local Fund
Account may not be opened in a treasury without some general or special order of the Government for
receipts and payments of deposit relating to such Local Fund.
6.31. (1) The accounts of any organisation or body declared by the Government as Local Fund
may be opened at a treasury in favour of an authorised Administrator of the said organisation or body. Such
accounts at a treasury shall be kept as a pure Banking account in T.R. Form No. 40 and T.R. Form No. 41,
moneys being paid into the bank by challan for crediting the same to such account and drawing money out
of such account may be allowed with necessary scheme-wise specification details in respect of both receipts
and withdrawals.
(2) Unless otherwise directed by any special order, withdrawals from such account may only be
made by cheques drawn by the Administrator or by an authorised officer of the Local Authority concerned.
The cheques for withdrawals shall be duly enfaced by the Treasury Officer with necessary pay order before
they are delivered to the payees concerned or the bBanker for collection.
6.32. If, under any special order of the Government, moneys required by a local body have to be
drawn from the treasury on detailed bills, such bills shall be presented, as far as possible, in accordance
with the relevant provisions of Chapter 4. The gross amounts of bills shall be debited by the Treasury
Officer against the Local Fund concerned, the deductions on account of income-tax, fund subscription,
etc., being credited by transfer in distinct entries.
6.33. (1) Each Administrator of Local Fund Account shall maintain scheme/project-wise account
in the prescribed form for all moneys received from the Government by way of loan or grant or subsidy or
otherwise.
(2) No local body or Administrator of a Local Fund Account shall be allowed to overdraw the
balance at his credit in his account without obtaining prior special permission from the Government.
Verification of Balances
6.34. The balances at the credit shown in the Pass Book, as prescribed in T.R. Form No 40, of
each Local Fund Account shall be verified by the Administrator at the end of each month with the treasury
figures. Similarly at the end of the financial year the balance shall be verified with reference to the treasury
figure and a certificate of balance shall be forwarded to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, through the treasury by the 15
th
May of the next financial year.
Deposit and Local Fund Receipts
6.35. The detailed account of Local Fund of any description and the related register of deposit
shall be kept by the Administrators of those accounts. The bank receiving the deposit tendered in accordance
with the provisions of these rules shall credit them under proper Head of account and render necessary
accounts to the treasury in the form of daily scroll.
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Section VIII. Other Deposit Accounts
6.36. Moneys appertaining to special deposit accounts which do not strictly fall under any of the
separate classes specified in this Chapter may be paid into or drawn out of the Public Account in accordance
with such general or special directions as may be given by the Government.
Sections IX. Provident And Other Funds.
Recovery of Subscriptions, etc.
6.37. The subscriptions to a Service or Provident Fund of the Government may be received from
such Government employee as are either required or permitted by the rules of the fund to subscribe to it, the
recoveries being made ordinarily by deduction from pay bills of the Government employee concerned. The
subscriber himself shall be responsible for seeing that proper deduction is made from his bills, though for
his convenience, it has been provided in T.R. 4.071 that the responsibility for making necessary deductions
regularly and correctly devolves upon the drawers of the bills.
6.38. (1) The premium or subscriptions to the Post Office Insurance Fund may be realised either
(a) by deduction from pay bills of the subscribers, attaching thereto a schedule in
T.R.Form No:49 or
(b) by payment in cash at post offices only, in accordance with the rules of the fund.
(2) In all cases where a premium is recovered for the first time or before a Policy No. is allotted, the
words New Policy shall be written in the remarks column. If the policy number has been allotted or the
authority letter from the Director (PLI)/Postmaster-General enabling the subscriber to join the fund has
been issued, it shall be quoted in the said schedule.
(3) (a) When a subscriber to the Post Office Insurance Fund has come on transfer from another
office or is transferred to another office or dies, or quits service or ceases to be a subscriber due to death or
maturity, the name of the office from which Transferred from________ ________ or death or quitted
service with effect from _________ or exit by death/maturity shall be written in the schedule and shall
also be notified to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, as well as to
Director(PLI), Kolkata.
(b) If the leave salary of a subscriber has not been drawn or the official is on leave without pay, the
name of the official shall be included in the schedule without showing any recovery, but suitable remarks
may be given in remarks column as the case may be.
(c) In case of double recoveries or late recoveries, the reasons for such irregular recoveries together
with an indication of the month of pay from which premium has been due or has been due to be recovered,
shall be recorded in the remarks columns of the schedule. Similarly, reasons for short or excess recoveries
are also to be recorded in the schedule.
(d) No lump-sum credit without the supporting schedule or details of recovery shall be sent.
6.39. (1) In cases in which subscriptions or repayment of advances are paid by deduction from
pay bills, the requisite particulars shall be entered by the Head of the office/Drawing and Disbursing Officer
in a separate schedule as mentioned in T.R. Form No. 47, T.R.Form No. 48 or T.R.Form No. 49 and the
forms, so completed, shall be attached to the pay bill. If the subscription is paid in cash, the number of the
account and all other particulars shall be furnished. In all cases where the subscription is paid for the first
time the rule or a special authority under which subscription may be received, shall also be quoted in the
form or in case of cash payment, in a separate document.
(2) In respect of recoveries effected from Group D employees, whose General Provident Fund
Accounts are maintained by the Head of the office, the relevant schedule shall be signed by the Drawing
and Disbursing Officer when signing the pay bills after comparing the total in schedules with the total
deduction shown in the pay bill. The schedule in such cases shall not be attached to the pay bills, instead a
certificate shall be attached to the pay bills in T.R. Form No. 46 indicating the total amount deducted as
subscription and repayment on account of withdrawals.
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6.40. (1) When a subscriber to any Fund whose subscriptions as realised by deduction from pay
bill is transferred to another District or audit circle, the fact that he is subscribing to the Fund shall be
certified on the last pay certificate by noting thereon the amount of his monthly subscription and the number
of his account or policy.
(2) When a subscriber to the Post Office Insurance Fund is transferred to another accounts circle,
notice of the transfer shall also be given to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement),West Bengal,
of the new accounts circle and to the Director, Postal Life Insurance, Kolkata, through the Accountant
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
Provident Funds withdrawals
6.41. (1) (a) The advances and withdrawals from a Provident Fund may be drawn on T.R. Form
No. 50, the bill being supported by a copy of the sanction order issued by the competent authority.
(b) The bills for withdrawals from a fund, when permissible under the rules of the Fund to meet
payments towards life insurance, may be prepared in the same manner as for advances mentioned herein
above, the particulars regarding the policy or policies on which premium is to be paid being noted in the
bills. In all such cases, Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall be responsible for seeing that there is no
overdrawal.
(c) Withdrawals from Provident Funds by officer and staff serving abroad for payment of insurance
premium in India may be remitted by the Reserve Bank of Indias drafts at places where normal banking
facilities are not available.
(2) The payment may be made on the authority and responsibility of the officer sanctioning the
advance or withdrawal without the previous authority of the. Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, subject to the condition that the sanction order contains a certificate to the effect that the
advance or withdrawal sanctioned therein is covered by the balance at the credit of the subscriber concerned.
(3) Save as provided in this rule, no payment on account of any Provident Fund, whether as a refund
of subscription overpaid, or as a repayment in excess of the 90 per centum of the accumulated credit of the
subscriber, may be made without the express authority of the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal.
6.42. (1) When the final payment of the balance at the credit of a subscriber (other than a Group-
D Government employee) to a Provident Fund is to be made outside the jurisdiction of the Accountant
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, who maintain the Provident Fund Account of the
subscriber, the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall make payment to the
payee by a crossed Bank draft. For this purpose, the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement), West
Bengal, shall intimate the amount payable to the payee and also send a receipt to be filled in by him, the
form of which is given below:
Received payment of Rs. _________ (Rupees ___________________________) only being
the accumulation in my Provident Fund Account No.
Station : Signature:
Date : Designation:
Name of office:
Please pay by Bank Draft.
(2) On return of the receipt duly signed by the payee, a Bank draft shall be purchased by the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, and sent to the payee by registered post.
(3) The procedure mentioned hereinabove shall also apply in cases of withdrawal from the Provident
Fund Accounts except that in the form of receipt the words accumulation in shall be replaced by the
words amount of withdrawal sanctioned from.
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6.43. (1) When a subscriber to a Provident Fund is about to retire or superannuate and under the
Rules of the Fund, the money lying at his credit in the Fund becomes payable to him, such subscriber shall
submit an application in the prescribed form six months in advance of the event. The said application
indicating the date of retirement and other particulars shall be forwarded by the Head of the office to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal who maintains his Fund Account. The
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal after satisfying himself about the correctness
of the claim and on ascertaining the date upto which the subscription is paid, shall issue an authority for
payment of the amount lying at the credit of the subscriber. The bills shall be prepared in T.R. Form No. 50,
and shall be supported by a duly certified copy of the letter of authority from the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal. Such authority issued by the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, shall remain valid for six months from the date of its issue and shall be returned
to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, after expiry of the validity period
with a non-payment certificate.
(2) The procedure prescribed in this rule, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to all other cases in which
the amount lying at credit of a subscriber in his Provident Fund Account becomes payable to him on his
finally quitting service.
(3) In case of Group D Government employees whose General Provident Fund Accounts are
maintained by the Head of the office, the verification and the authority for final payment of the claim shall
be issued and endorsed to the concerned treasury by the Head of the office concerned instead of by the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal. On the basis of such sanctioning order for
final payment of the amount lying at the credit in the account of the subscriber to the fund, the concerned
Drawing and Disbursing Officer, under rules, shall draw necessary bill. The copy of the sanctioning order
shall be attached to the bill, a copy of the same order being forwarded to the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal. Such sanction order shall remain valid for 3 (three) months after its date of
issue.
(4) So far as the provisions of this rule relate to preparations, signing and presentation of bills, such
provisions shall not apply to cases in which an Accountant-General, (Accounts and Entitlement), West
Bengal makes final payment of the Provident Fund balances outside his jurisdiction under rules mentioned
herein above.
6.44. (1) The final payment on account of any Provident Fund when authorised, may be made
only on the personal receipt of the subscriber, or when he is absent from India, on the receipt of his duly
authorised agent. The payment may, however, be made to an authorised banker, if so desired by the subscriber,
in the manner laid down in T. R. 4.090. In the event of his death before payment has been made, such
payment may be made only to such person or persons as may be authorised to receive payment under the
rules of the Fund concerned and subject to such instructions as may be issued by the Government in this
behalf.
(2) In cases in which the amount is drawn and disbursed by the Head of office, a disbursement
certificate in the following form shall be rendered to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, as soon as possible after the disbursement has been made: -
I certify that I have satisfied myself that the sum of Rs. ______________ drawn under rule
_____________ of the Provident Fund Rules from ___________________ Provident Fund Account of
Sri/Smt. ____ __________________________________ No. _____________ on bill No.
____________dated ______________, was actually disbursed to him/her on _________ and the payees
receipt was taken in acquittance roll maintained in my office.
Funds not under Government management
6.45. In case of funds not covered under Government management like Cooch Behar Debottar
Fund, Darjeeling Development Fund, Naba Kustha Nibas Fund, Murshidabad State Fund, etc., withdrawals
from the Public Account in respect of sums credited to such funds, either by way of subscriptions or
interest, allowed by the Government, shall not be permitted, except under the authority of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, through whom the accounts of the Fund are settled.
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6.46. In case of the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1980 and the
Scheme as extended to All India Services as per All India Services (Group Insurance) rules, 1981, the
monthly subscriptions recoverable from the members of the Scheme shall be deducted every month from
pay bills. For the purpose of drawal of funds for making disbursements to members or nominees of deceased
members arising under the said Scheme or rules, procedure prescribed by Government from time to time,
shall be followed and bills shall be preferred in T. R. Forms No.51 and T.R. Form No. 52, as the case may
be.
6.47. In the case of the payments under the Central Government Employees Insurance Scheme,
1977 (1) amounts payable under the Central Government Employees Insurance Scheme, 1977, as amended
from time to time, shall be authorised by the Head of office to the Government employee or the deceased
employees nominee entitled to receive the employees dues, as the case may be, after submitting the claim
in T. R. Form No. 50 to the Treasury Officer.
(2) In the absence of valid nomination, the insurance amount payable under the scheme shall be
disbursed in equal shares among the legal heirs of the deceased Government employee without insisting on
the production of the usual legal authority subject to the condition that Head of the office is otherwise
satisfied about the rights and titles of the claimants.
6.48. In the case of Group Insurance cum - Savings Scheme, 1983 of the State Government
Employees (1) monthly subscriptions recoverable from the State Government Employees, who opted to
retain the said Scheme even after the 1
st
November, 1987, shall be deducted every month from pay bills.
Such Schedule shall be prepared in T.R. Form No. 53. For the purpose of drawal of funds for making
disbursement to retired Government employees arising under the said Scheme or rules, procedure prescribed
by this Government from time to time shall be followed and bills shall be preferred to the Treasury Officer
in T. R. Form No. 60 and/or T. R. Form No. 61. The treasuries shall prepare the Consolidated Schedule of
deposits of insurance-cum-savings fund in T.R. Form No. 54 and Plus-Minus Memorandum thereon in
T.R. Form No. 59 at the end of every month.
(2) In case of deceased Government employee, the final payment under this Scheme shall be made
to the nominee of the employee concerned. Where no nomination exists such amount shall be payable to
the legal heirs of the deceased on the basis of Indemnity Bond / Succession Certificate. Such claim shall be
preferred to the Treasury Officer in T. R. Form No. 60 and T. R. Form No. 61 after observance of due
formalities under the Scheme or rules.
6.49. In case of the Group Insurance cum - Savings Scheme, 1987 of the State Government
Employees:-: - (1) the monthly subscriptions recoverable from the State Government Employees, who
opted to enter into the Scheme after 1
st
November, 1987 or who entered into Government service for the
first time after 1
st
November, 1987, shall be deducted every month from pay bills at the prescribed rate.
Such Schedule shall be prepared in T.R. Form No. 55. For the purpose of drawal of funds for making
disbursements to the retired Government employee arising under the said Scheme or rules, procedure
prescribed in the Scheme or rules shall be followed and bills shall be preferred to the Treasury Officer in T.
R. Form No. 60 and/or T. R. Form No. 61. Every Drawing and Disbursing officer shall maintain a Register
of Receipts of subscription under West Bengal State Government employees Group Insurance-cum-Savings
Scheme, 1987, in T.R. Form No. 56. The treasuries shall prepare Schedule of Payments in case of death
while in service or retirement / resignation under Group Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1987 in T.R.
Form No. 57.
(2) In case of deceased Government employee, the final payment under this Scheme shall be made
to the nominee of the employee concerned. Where no nomination exists such amount shall be payable to
the legal heirs of the deceased on the basis of Indemnity Bond / Succession Certificate. Such claim shall be
preferred to the Treasury Officer in T. R. Form No. 60 and T. R. Form No. 61 after observance of due
formalities under the Scheme or rules.
The treasuries shall prepare Consolidated Schedule of receipts and payments of West Bengal State
Government Employees Group Insurance-cum-Savings Scheme, 1987 in T.R. Form No. 58 and Plus-
Minus Memorandum thereon in T.R. Form No. 59. Annual Statements for all the treasuries shall be prepared
by the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal, in T. R. Form No. 62 showing therein the
number of persons subscribing to the Group Insurance Scheme and the number for whom payments have
been made.
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CHAPTER 7
Inter-Treasury And Inter-Government Transactions
Section I. Inter-Treasury Transaction
7.01. (1) The transfer of Government money from one treasury to another shall be governed by such
instructions as may be issued in this behalf by the Finance Minister after consultation with the bank.
(2) All transfer from and to currency chests at the bank shall be effected under instruction from the Currency
Officer, Reserve Bank of India and such transfers shall not affect the Government cash balance and shall not pass
through the Government Account.
7.02. Unless otherwise directed by the Government after consultation with the Reserve Bank of India,
all inter-treasury transfer of fund and all inter-treasury transactions shall be made by bank draft obtained from the
concerned agency bank on requisition by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned.
Section II. Inter-Government Transactions.
7.03. Save as provided hereafter in this section, no transaction of the State with another Government
shall be adjusted against the balance of the State except in accordance with such directions as may be given by the
Controller-General of Accounts, with the approval of Comptroller and Auditor-General of India to regulate the
procedure for accounting of transactions between different Governments.
7.04. The moneys presented within the jurisdiction of another Government for credit to the Government
Account or a payment made by another Government as a withdrawal affecting the balance of the Government
Account shall not be credited or debited to the Government Account except under express authority of the.
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or any other Accounting Officer authorised in this
behalf by the Controller-General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
7.05. All adjustments against the balance of the State by debit or credit to another Government shall be
made through the Central Accounts Section of the Reserve Bank of India, Nagpur on the advice of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or any other Accounts Officer authorised in this behalf by the
Controller-General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
7.06. The Treasury Officer shall not receive or authorise the bank to receive money tendered on behalf
of the Government of India and shall not authorise the bank to make disbursement on behalf of that Government.
Under arrangement with the Government of India certain classes of transactions relating to miscellaneous receipts
and payments of Central Government (such as payment of interest and repayment of principal on discharge of
Central Government Securities, receipts of security deposits relating to elections to Lok Sabha, and payment of
Civil pensions including pensions to Freedom Fighters, etc.) may, however, be accepted in the treasury and in the
bank and the transactions shall be temporarily taken into account against the balance of the State Government
Account. The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall on receipt of accounts from the
treasury, make the requisite adjustment in respect of aforesaid transactions by means of cash settlement with the
Pay and Accounts Office of the concerned Ministry of the Government of India. Transactions on behalf of Railways
and Defence Department (payment of pensions only) and certain kinds of Postal transactions relating to remittances
into and drawal by the Post Masters may temporarily be taken into State Government Account. The adjustment of
such transactions shall be carried out by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, as per
provisions of this rule.
7.07. (1) The Treasury Officer may, subject to any general or specific direction of the Government in this
behalf, authorise the bank to receive moneys tendered on behalf of another State Government and may, if so
required by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, authorise payment of any claim
against another State Government. The necessary credits or debits in respect of such receipts and payments
against the balances of the State concerned shall be made by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, through the Central Accounts-Section of the Reserve Bank of India, Nagpur, but until such adjustments
are made, the credits and debits shall be entered in the Treasury Account.
(2) All payments on account of other State Governments shall be made in accordance with the rules
prescribed by that Government and also delegation order issued by that Government.
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or travelling expenses granted to the employee of the State Government or to the employee of the Central Government
or to the employee of the autonomous bodies or the Public Undertakings or the local bodies, etc., by the respective
Government or by the said organisation either at the time of their proceeding on deputation or on foreign service
terms and on their reversion shall be made in accordance with the provisions of sub-rule (2) to sub-rule(4).
(2) The advance of pay or travelling expenses granted by the State Government to a State Government
employee proceeding on deputation or to a Central Government employee proceeding on reversion, the recovery
of such advance shall be made by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the concerned Ministry of the Government
of India. A schedule of such recovery shall be prepared indicating the Drawing and Disbursing Officer who sanctioned
the advance; the Head of account (where the salary of the employee was debited), month of recovery and amount
recovered. The recovered amount shall be classified under 8658-Suspense Account-101-PAO Suspense-Items
adjustable with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal. The Pay and Accounts Officer
of the concerned Ministry shall remit the recovered amount by Bank draft along with the said schedule to the
Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
(3) Similarly, the advance of pay or travelling expenses granted by the Government of India to a Central
Government employee proceeding on deputation to the State Government or to a State Government employee
proceeding on reversion, the recovery of such advance shall be made by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the
concerned Department of the State Government. A schedule of such recovery shall be prepared and the recovered
amount shall be classified under 8658-Suspense Account-101-PAO Suspense-Items adjustable with the PAO
.. (name of the Ministry). The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall
remit the recovered amount by bank draft along with the schedule to the concerned Pay and Accounts Officer of
the Ministry of the Government of India.
(4) The advance of pay or travelling expenses granted by the State Government to a State Government
employee proceeding on foreign service terms to an autonomous bodies or the Public Undertakings or the local
bodies shall be borne by the Foreign employees and the advance shall be recovered by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer of the said organisation. The amount of recovery shall be remitted by a bank draft to the concerned
Drawing and Disbursing Officer who had sanctioned the advance. On receipt of the bank draft, the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer shall send the draft to the agency bank with challan for credit into the Government Account and
also make necessary entry in his record. On reversion from Foreign Service terms the advance shall be borne by
the said organisation.
(5) The recovery and adjustment of advance of pay or travelling expenses granted to a State Government
employee proceeding on deputation to another State Government or on reversion there from shall be regulated as
per provisions of sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2) above. The amount of recovery shall, however, be classified under
8793-Inter State Suspense Accounts-00-101- Inter State Suspense (000-name of the statethree digit code
shall be indicated for the State as assigned in the Budget Publication). The Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, shall settle such transaction with the concerned State by issuing bank advice through the
Central Accounts Section of the Reserve Bank of India.
7.09. The moneys paid or received in the Office of the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, on behalf of another State Government, and book entries made in the office of the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, affecting the accounts of another State shall likewise be adjusted
by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, through the Central Accounts-Section of the
Reserve Bank of India, Nagpur against the balances of the State concerned, exhibiting the transaction in the
Government Account till adjustments are made.
7.10. The payments and Receipts shall on behalf of the State Government be arranged by the Indian
Mission abroad shall be settled by the Pay and Accounts officer, Ministry of the External Affairs, Government of
India with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal.
7.11. The provisions of the preceding rules shall apply to payment made on behalf of the Government of
Myanmar. The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, shall on receipt of intimation of
such transactions from treasuries make the requisite adjustment through the Central Accounts-Section of the
Reserve Bank of India.
7.12. The Transactions on account of payment of pensions on behalf of foreign Governments other than
Government of Myanmar to their pensioners residing in India shall be temporarily taken into account against the
balance of the State Government Account. Such amount shall be classified under 8658-Suspense Accounts-
PAO Suspense-Ministry of Finance, Department of Economic Affairs. The Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal shall, on receipt of accounts from Treasury, make requisite adjustment by issue of
cheque/bank draft.
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Chapter 8- Responsibility For Withdrawal Of
Money From Government Accounts
Section I. Responsibility Of The Treasury Officer/
Pay And Accounts Officer, Kolkata.
General
8.01. If a Treasury Officer receives a reasoned intimation from the Accountant-General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, that moneys have been incorrectly withdrawn or that a certain sum shall be recovered
from a Drawing and Disbursing Officer, such Treasury Officer shall effect the recovery without delay and without
undertaking any correspondence and the Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall without delay repay the sum in such
manner as the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Government may direct.
8.02. Subject as hereinafter provided in this rule, the procedure to be observed by a Government
employee in regard to moneys withdrawn from Government Account for expenditure shall be such as may be
directed by the Finance Department after consultation with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement),
West Bengal, where it shall be considered necessary.
8.03. A Government employee placed with fund in advance for expenditure shall be responsible for such
money until an account has been rendered to the satisfaction of the controlling officer and the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal, through the concerned
Treasury Officer. Such government employee shall also be responsible for seeing that payments are made to
persons entitled to receive it and an audit of the account is made by the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal.
8.04. If any doubt arises as to the identity of the Government employee by whom an account of such
money shall be rendered it shall be decided by the administrative Department in consultation with the Finance
Department.
Voucher for Payment.
8.05. (1) Subject as hereinafter provided in this rule, a Government officer entrusted with payment of
moneys shall obtain for every payment he makes including repayment of sums previously lodged with the
Government, a voucher setting forth full and clear particulars of the claim and all information necessary for its
proper classifications and identifications in the accounts. Every voucher shall bear or have attached to it an
acknowledgement of payment signed by the person by whom, or in whose behalf, the claim is put forward. The
acknowledgement shall be taken at the time of payment.
(2) In the case of a payment to a partnership firm, the voucher and the acknowledgement may be signed
on behalf of the firm by one of the partners.
(3) If a Drawing and Disbursing Officer anticipates any difficulty in obtaining from the person to whom
money is due, a receipt in the proper form, it is open to him to decline to hand over him the Cheque or cash, or to
make a remittance to him, as the case may be, until the acknowledgement or the payment with all necessary
particulars has been given by him. In all cases of payment by remittance, a note of the date and mode of remittance
shall be made on the bill or the voucher at the time of remittance. In case of remittance by postal money order, the
purpose of remittance shall be briefly stated in the acknowledgement portion thereof-vide T.R.4.025.
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(4) As adjustment bills for NIL amount involves no payment, it is not necessary to insist upon any
acknowledgement of payment in respect of such bills.
8.06. (1) In all cases in which it is not possible nor expedient to support a payment by an original voucher
with payees receipt duly stamped, a certificate of payment duly signed by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and
countersigned by his controlling officer, together with a memorandum explaining the circumstances shall invariably
be placed on record and submitted to the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, through
the Treasury Officer. Full particulars of the claims shall invariably be set forth and where these necessitates the use
of a regular bill form; the certificate itself may be recorded thereon.
(2) In the case of articles received by value-payable post, the value-payable cover, together with the
invoice or bill showing the details of the items paid for, may be accepted as a voucher. The Drawing and Disbursing
Officer shall endorse a note on the cover to the effect that the payment including the charges of the money order
commission has been made through the post office.
(3) A certified copy (marked Duplicate) of a receipted voucher may be retained by the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer, shall this be necessary to complete the record of his office, but the payee shall not be required
to sign such a copy or give a duplicate acknowledgement of the payment.
8.07. (1) The provisions of T.R. 4.025 and T.R. 4.032 regarding the preparation of bills and giving of
stamped receipts shall be carefully observed in regard to claims presented at a departmental office of disbursement.
(2) The Cash Memoranda which do not contain any acknowledgement of the receipt of money from
persons named therein shall not be receipts within the meaning of clause (23) of section 2 of the Indian Stamp
Act,1899(II of 1899.). Further, the mere writing of the purchasers name and address on a cash memorandum for
delivery purposes does not transform it into an acknowledgement to the purchaser that the money has been paid.
Cash Memoranda shall not therefore be regarded as sub-vouchers in audit unless they contain an acknowledgement
of the receipt of money from the persons named therein (with stamps affixed when the amount exceeds Rs.5000/
-)
8.08. (1) Every voucher shall bear a pay order signed or initialled and dated by the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer, specifying the amount payable both in words and figures. All pay orders shall be signed by hand in ink or
ball-point pen.
(2) Cashier and others authorised to make disbursements on passed bills, shall make no payment without
a proper pay order of the responsible Drawing and Disbursing Officer recorded clearly in ink or by ball-point pen
on the bill.
8.09. All paid bills shall be stamped paid or so cancelled that they cannot be used a second time. The
Stamps affixed to vouchers shall also be cancelled so that they may not be used again.
8.10. The vouchers and acquaintances, which are not required to be submitted to the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, shall be filed and retained carefully in the office concerned as
important documents till they are destroyed under the orders of competent authority.
8.11. (1) All sub-vouchers shall be cancelled in such a manner that such sub-vouchers shall not
subsequently be used for presenting fraudulent claims or other fraudulent purpose.
(2) The provisions of T.R.4.123 with regard to cancellation and destruction of sub vouchers relating to
contingent expenditure shall apply generally to sub-vouchers in respect of other classes of payments unless they are
governed by special departmental regulations or orders of the Government to the contrary.
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Overcharges.
8.12. Subject to such special orders as the Government may issue in any individual case, the responsibility
for an overcharge shall rest primarily with the drawer of a bill and it is only in the event of culpable negligence on the
part of the controlling officer or of the treasury officer, that the question of recovery from either of them shall be
considered.
Audit objection and recovery
8.13. Every Government employee shall attend promptly to all objections and orders communicated to
him by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal or the Accountant-General (Audit), as
the case may be, and return the objection statements or audit memoranda within a fortnight or send communication
explaining the cause of delay.
8.14. (1) When the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal or the Accountant-
General (Audit), West Bengal, disallows a payment as unauthorized, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, shall be
bound to recover the amount disallowed irrespective of any objection or protest, and to refuse to pay it in future
till the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal or the Accountant-General (Audit), West
Bengal, authorises the payment to be resumed.
(2) If a Government employee, from whom a recovery is ordered, is transferred to the jurisdiction of
another Drawing and Disbursing Officer, the order of recovery shall be passed on to that Drawing and Disbursing
Officer without delay.
(3) A Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall not, when a retrenchment is ordered, enter into any
correspondence with the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, the Accountant-General
(Audit), West Bengal, and the Government employee concerned and such disbursing officer shall have the duty to
carry out the orders he has received and to leave the person aggrieved to refer the case to the proper authority.
(4) The representation and protest against retrenchment ordered by the Accountant-General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal, may not ordinarily be considered
by the administrative Authority, if submitted later than three months from the date of receipt of the intimation by the
aggrieved Government employee. This provision does not absolve the Drawing and Disbursing Officer from his
duty of enforcing immediately the recovery of retrenchment order under this rule (See also T.R.8.01).
(5) While a Government employee is under suspension and is in receipt of subsistence allowance, the
retrenchment order in respect of any over payment made to him in the past shall be issued by the Accountant-
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal, in consultation
with the authority competent to place the Government employee under suspension. The aforesaid administrative
Authority shall exercise discretion whether recovery shall be held wholly in abeyance or shall be affected at full or
reduced rates depending on the circumstances of each such case.
8.15. Unless otherwise specially provided in any general rule or special order of the Government,
recoveries shall not be made at a rate exceeding one third of pay unless the Government employee affected -
(a) has, in receiving or drawing the excess, acted contrary to orders or without justification or
(b) had taken an advance for a specific purpose and has not utilized it for the purpose for
which the advance was sanctioned within the prescribed period and failed to refund the
outstanding amount within the stipulated date.
For the purpose of this rule, Pay means Pay as defined in clause (28) of rule 5 of West Bengal Service
Rules, Part-I.
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8.16. A Register shall be maintained by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer and every other Disbursing
office for recording all retrenchments ordered by the Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal
or the Accountant-General (Audit), West Bengal. The separate columns shall be provided to show the name and
office of the person from whom the recovery is to be effected, the nature and amount of the overpayment and the
method by which the overpayment has been adjusted.
Disbursement of Pay and allowances Acquittance Rolls.
8.17. (1) The Head of the office or the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of an office is personally
responsible for the amount drawn on a bill signed by him or on his behalf until he has paid it to the person entitled
to receive it and has obtained a legally valid quittance on the office copy of the bill. If, owing to the large size of an
establishment or for any other reason, it is not found feasible or convenient to obtain the receipts of the payee on
the office copy of the bill, the Head of the office may maintain a separate acquittance roll in T.R. Form No 66.
(2) If for any reason payment cannot be made within the course of the month, the amount drawn for the
payee shall be refunded by short drawing in the next bill and his pay or allowances may be drawn afresh in the
manner as provided under T.R.4.024 when the occasion for making such payment arises. Provided that if in the
opinion of the Head of the office this restriction is likely to operate inconveniently, the amount of undisbursed pay
or allowances may, at his option be retained for any period not exceeding three months, but this concession shall
not be availed of unless the Head of the office is satisfied that proper arrangements can be made for the safe
custody of the sums retained.
(3) The undisbursed pay or allowances may not, under any circumstances be placed in deposit at a
treasury.
(4) If any payment of pay, leave salary or allowance is made to any Government employee who is not
entitled to receive such pay, leave salary or allowance under the relevant rules or orders of the Government, the
same may be recovered by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer by deduction from the pay, leave salary or allowance
bill of the concerned Government employee for the next month or any subsequent month.
(5) The acquittance rolls or office copies of bills shall not be submitted to the Accountant-General
(Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, and such Acquittance rolls or office copies of bills shall be stamped
Paid and preserved carefully for the period prescribed in Appendix-6A of West Bengal Financial Rules, Vol-II.
(6) The cash drawn on Pay and Travelling allowance bills of establishments shall not be mixed with regular
cash balance of the Department, if any. An account of undisbursed pay and allowances shall be kept in register in
Form T.R.67. The entries of the total and particular amount of undisbursed pay and allowances may be made
against each bill serially, and subsequent payment thereof entered in the appropriate column of the Register and the
cash book, each such entry being attested by a competent Government officer. From this Register, an abstract of
amounts remaining undisbursed for three months shall be prepared to ensure there refund either in cash or by short
drawal from the next bill.
(7) In the case of undisbursed pay and allowances of establishments in respect of which the Accounts
Officer, West Bengal Secretariat, is the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, entries in the Register in Form T.R 67 as
referred to herein above, maybe made at the end of the next working day after the pay day.
(8) If the pay and allowances of the Government employees of an office are paid under the West Bengal
Disbursement of Salary to Employees through Banks Rules, 2005, as stated in Appendix-19, the credit to the
concerned bank account of the employee by issuing a certificate of disbursement by the bank to the Drawing and
Disbursing Officer shall be a legal quittance for the purpose of payment of salary to that employee.
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CHAPTER 9
Supplemental
Section I. - Mandate Of The Constitutional Authority
9.01. The Accountant-General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal, and Accountant-General
(Audit), West Bengal, in the exercise of any of their functions under these rules shall be subject to the general
control of the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India.
9.02. Nothing in these rules shall have the effect of impeding or prejudicing the exercise by the Comptroller
and Auditor-General of India or the Controller-General of Accounts, Ministry of Finance, Government of India of
the powers vested in either by or under the Constitution of India or by any other special or general regulation issued
by the Government of India, to make rules, or to give directions regulating the submission of the accounts kept in
treasuries or in departmental offices, with supporting vouchers as the Comptroller and Auditor-General may require
for the purpose of audit or for the purposes of keeping the accounts for which he is responsible.
9.03. The Government may not exercise any power conferred upon it by these rules so as to impose
upon the bank in connection with the business of the Government any new responsibility not imposed upon the
bank by the terms of its agreement with the Governor (see Appendix 1).
Sections II- Departmental Regulations
9.04. (1) Where under the provisions of these rules, the detailed procedure with respect to any matter is
required to be specified or regulated by departmental regulations and where no rule or order has been made by the
Governor as to the authority by whom the regulations shall be made, such regulations shall be made by the Government
in the concerned administrative Department, with the approval of the Finance Department.
(2) Nothing contained in these rules shall affect the validity of any order, instruction, or direction contained
in any authorised departmental Code, Regulation, Manual or any other compilation in force on the date of publication
of these rules, except in so far as such an order, instruction or direction is inconsistent with or repugnant to any
distinct provision contained in these rules.
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Part - II
APPENDIX 1
[See T. R. 1.06]
Agreement between the Governor of Bengal and the Reserve Bank of India
AN Agreement made this twenty-fifth day of August One thousand nine hundred and thirty seven between
the Governor of the Province of Bengal of the one part and the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter called the
Bank) of the other part. Whereas the Bank was constituted and incorporated and is regulated by the Reserve
Bank of India Act, 1934 (being Act No. II of 1934) (hereinafter called the Act) as adapted and modified
pursuant to the Authority contained in Section 293 of the Government of India Act, 1935, by an Order of his
Majesty in Council, dated the eighteenth day of March, 1937 cited as the India and Burma (Burma Monetary
Arrangements) Order, 1937 with and subject to the various powers, provisions and restrictions in and by the Act
set forth and it was thereby inter alia particularly provided as follows, viz.,
(1) by Section 20 of the Act that the Bank should undertake to accept monies for account of Provincial
Governments and to make payments up to the amount standing to the credit of their accounts and to carry out their
exchange, remittance and other banking operations including the management of the public debt, and
(2) by Section 21(1) of the Act that Provincial Governments should entrust the Bank on such conditions as
might be agreed upon with all their money remittance, exchange and banking transactions in India and, in particular,
should deposit free of interest all their cash balances with the Bank provided that nothing in that sub-Section should
prevent Provincial Governments from carrying on money transactions at places where the Bank has no branches or
agencies and that Provincial Governments might hold at such places such balances as they may require, and
(3) by Section 21(2) of the Act that Provincial Governments should entrust the Bank, on such conditions
as might be agreed upon, with the management of the public debt and with the issue of any new loans.
Now IT IS HEREBY MUTUALLY AGREED AND DECLARED by and between the said parties
hereto as follows, that is to say :-
1. This agreement shall be deemed to have come into force on the first day of April, 1937.
2. The general banking business of the Government of Bengal (hereinafter referred to as the Government)
including the payment, receipt, collection and remittance of money on behalf of the Government shall be carried on
and transacted by the Bank in accordance with and subject to the provisions of this agreement and of the Act and
with and to such orders and directions as may from time to time be given to the Bank by the Government through
any Government officer or officers authorised by the Government in that behalf and at any of the offices, branches
or agencies of the Bank for the time being in existence as may from time to time be so directed and for this purpose
such accounts shall be kept in the books of the Bank and at such offices. Branches or agencies of the Bank as shall
be necessary or convenient or as the Government shall from time to time direct in the manner aforesaid.
3. The Government shall employ the Bank as the sole Banker in India, of the Government who shall
deposit or cause to be deposited with the Bank or allow the Bank to receive and hold as banker the whole of its
cash balances at any places at which for the time being the Bank shall have an office, branch or agency and the
Bank shall subject to such orders as may from time to time be given by the Government in the manner aforesaid
receive and hold for the Government all such monies as may be or become payable to the Government or on its
account and the Bank shall transact at its offices, branches and agencies for the time being existing respectively all
such business for the Government regarding the receipt, collection, payment and remittance of money and other
matters, as is usually transacted by bankers for their customers. The Bank shall make the said monies at the said
offices, branches and agencies available for transfer to such places and at such times as the Government may
direct. No interest shall be payable to the Government on any of the monies for the time being held by the Bank.
4. The management of the rupee, public debt of the Government and the issue of new rupee, loans by the
Government and the performance of all the duties relating thereto respectively including the collection and payment
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of interest and Principal and the consolidation division, conversion, cancellation and renewal of securities of the
Government and the keeping of all registers, books and accounts and the conduct of all correspondence incidental
thereto shall be transacted by the Bank at its offices in Bombay Kolkata and Madras and at any of its offices,
branches or agencies at which respectively the administration of any portion or portions of the public debt of the
Government is for the time being conducted or interest thereon is for the time being payable and the Bank shall also
keep and maintain such registers, books and accounts in respect of the said public debt as the Government may
from time to time direct and shall audit all payments of such interest and act generally as agents in India for the
Government in the management of the said public debt and shall conduct such agency subject to such orders and
directions with regard to the general management thereof as may from time to time be given to the Bank by the
Government.
5. The Bank shall not be entitled to any remuneration for the conduct of the ordinary banking business of
the Government other than such advantage as may accrue to it from the holding of the Government cash balances
free of obligation to pay interest thereon and such balances shall be maintained at an amount not below such
minimum as may be agreed upon between the Government and the Bank from time to time.
Provided that if the Government wishes to remit funds outside the area within its jurisdiction except as
otherwise provided for in this agreement the Bank shall be entitled to make a charge for such remittances at rates
not exceeding those which the Bank charges to Banks referred to as scheduled banks in Section 42 of the Act,
subject to a minimum charge of four annas for each remittance.
6. The Bank shall make ways and means advances to the Government if so required at such rate of interest
not exceeding bank rate as may be fixed by the Bank from time to time, provided that the total of such advances
out- standing at anyone time shall not exceed the amount of the minimum balance prescribed under Clause 5 and
any subsidiary agreement provided under the- Clause and provided further that the advances outstanding shall be
fully paid off at intervals not exceeding three months.
7. The Government shall employ the Bank as its sole agent for investments by Government either of
Government fund or of funds managed by the Government and the Bank shall be entitled to charge commission for
sales (but not for conversions) at the rate of 1/16 per cent in addition to any further charges which the Bank may
have to pay by way of brokerage, etc. The Bank shall collect interest and the maturity values of such investments
on behalf of the Government without charge.
8. As remuneration to the Bank for the management of the public debt as aforesaid the Bank shall be
entitled to charge to the Government half-yearly a commission at the rate of Rs. 2,000 per crore per annum on the
amount of the public debt as aforesaid at the close of the half-year for which the charge is made. In calculating this
charge the following amounts shall be excluded from the amount of public debt, viz :-
(a) The amounts of loans discharged outstanding after one year from the date of a notice of discharge.
(b) The amount of stock certificates for Rs. 50,000/- and upwards held by the Government or by any
officer or officers of the Government authorised in that behalf, provided that such amount exceeds
one crore.
And in addition to the charge of Rs. 2,000/- per core per annum the Bank shall be entitled to charge to the
Government a fixed sum of Rs. 2,000/- a year on account of the stock certificates referred to in head (b) of this
clause and the Bank shall be also entitled to charge the public (but not the Government) all such fees and charges
as are now or may hereafter from time to time be prescribed by the Governor-General under the powers conferred
upon him by the Indian Securities Act, 1920 (Act No. X of 1920) for duplicate securities and for the renewal,
consolidation, division or otherwise of all Government Securities which the Bank issues :
Provided that loans not directly issued by the Government but issued under the guarantee of the Government
shall not be included in the calculation for the purpose of this clause but shall be a matter for separate arrangement
if the management of such loans is entrusted to the Bank.
9. The Bank shall maintain currency chests of its issue department at such places within the Bengal Presidency
as the Government may, with the previous sanction of the Central Government, prescribe and the Government shall
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provide sufficient accommodation for such chests as may be required for the deposit of notes or coin and shall be
responsible to the Bank for the safe custody of the said chests, notes and coin. The Bank shall keep the said chests
supplied with sufficient notes and coin to provide currency for the transactions of the Government and reasonable
remittance facilities to the public at the said places. The Government shall supply the Bank with such information
and returns as the Bank may from time to time require as to the composition of the balances in the said chests and
the amount and nature of the transfers to and from the said chests. The Bank shall have access to the said chests at
all reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting and checking the contents. The Government shall be responsible
to the Bank for the examination and correctness of coin or notes at the time of deposit in or withdrawal from the
said chests.
10. The Bank shall not be at liberty to close any of its offices or branches except on Sundays, New Years
Day, Christmas Day, Good Friday and on any other day declared to be a public holiday by .any notification
published in pursuance of the Negotiable Instruments Act (Act XXVI of 1881), subject nevertheless and
notwithstanding the provisions of that Act to any special orders or directions which may be issued by the Government
and the Bank shall be responsible that no one of its agencies doing Government business for the time being existing
shall be closed except on Sundays and on public holidays authorised by the Government within whose jurisdiction
such agencies may be respectively situated.
11. The responsibility for all loss or damage to the Government, which may result from any act or negligence
of omission of the Bank or its agents in conducting the business of the public debt aforesaid or the payment of
interest or discharge value thereon or the renewal, conversion, consolidation, subdivision or cancellation of any
Government security shall rest with and be borne by the Bank, provided however that it shall not be incumbent on
the Bank to verify signatures and endorsements on Government securities which prima facie appear to be in order
and in the acceptance of which the Bank shall not be guilty of any negligence and in such cases no liability shall be
incurred by the Bank in respect thereto. Provided Also that in regard to the ordinary banking business at the
offices, branches and agencies of the Bank of receiving and realising money and securities for money on account of
the Government and paying cheques, orders, draft, bills and other documents whether negotiable or not in the
Banks capacity of bankers for the Government and whether such business be done by the Bank or by agencies on
its behalf the responsibility to the Government shall be that of the Bank and such responsibility shall be that of a
banker to an ordinary customer.
12. The Bank shall remit on account of the Government between India and London such amounts as may
be required by it from time to time at the market rate of the day for telegraphic transfers, subject to the proviso that
if a large transfer has to be effected in connection with the floatation or repayment of a sterling loan or analogous
operation, and if it is considered by either party to be inappropriate to apply the rate of a single day, an average rate
based on a longer period may be fixed by agreement between the two parties.
13. This agreement may be determined by either party giving to the other party one years notice in writing
expiring on the 31st day of March in any year, such notice if given by or on behalf of the Government to be
addressed to the Governor of the Bank and to be served by leaving the same with the Head Office of the Bank or
addressing the same to him at the Head Office of the Bank by registered post and if given by the Bank to be served
by leaving the same with or addressing the same by registered post to the Secretary to the Government in the
Finance Department and immediately upon the expiration of such notice this agreement shall absolutely cease and
determine save as to rights or liabilities acquired or incurred prior to such termination.
14. In the event of any dispute arising as to the terms and conditions of this agreement, or as to the rights
or obligations of the parties hereto such dispute or difference of opinion shall, in the event of the parties hereto
failing to reach an agreement, be referred to the Governor-General whose decision shall be final and binding as
between the parties hereto.
15. Nothing in this agreement shall operate to affect in any way the obligations imposed either on the
Government or on the Bank by or under the Act or any subsequent amendments or amendments of the Act.
16. The Bank shall be entitled to perform all or any of the matters contained in this agreement through such
agency or agencies as may be prescribed by the Act or any amendment thereof or as may be approved by the
Government.
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In witness whereof Mr. Donald Gladding, C.I.E., I.C.S., Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the
Finance Department by the order and direction of the Governor of Bengal has hereunto set his hand and the
common seal of the Reserve Bank of India pursuant to a Resolution of its Central board has been hereunto affixed
in the presence of its subscribing officials the day and year first above written.
Signed by the said Mr. Donald Gladding, C.I.E., I.C.S.,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the Finance
Department for and on behalf of the Governor
of Bengal in the presence of
D. GLADDING
Secretary to the Government of Bengal
Finance Department
D. N. BHATTACHARJEA
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal,
Finance Department
The Common Seal of the Reserve Bank of India
was affixed hereto in the presence of
Sir Badridas Goenka, Kt., C.I.E., and
Manilal Balabhai Nanavati, two of its Directors and
Sir James Braid Taylor, kt., C.I.E., its Governor.
Common Seal of the Reserve Bank of India
Badridas Goenka
Manilal Nanavati
Directors
J.B.Taylor
Governor
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Subsidiars Agreement between the Governor of Bengal and the Reserve Bank of India
An agreement made this twenty-fifth day of August One thousand nine hundred and thirty seven between the
Governor of the Province of Bengal of the one part and the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter called the Bank)
of the other part supplemental to an agreement (hereinafter referred to as the principal agreement) made on the
twenty-fifth day of August, 1937 between the parties hereto. Whereas under Clause 5 of the principal agreement
it is provided that the Government of Bengal (hereinafter referred to as the Government) shall maintain a daily
balance with the Bank not below such minimum as may be agreed upon. Now it is hereby Mutually Agreed and
Declared as follows :-
1. The Bank shall inform the Government by telegram of the Government daily balance with The Bank at
the close of each working day.
2. The Government shall take steps by taking a ways and means advance from the Bank or by issuing
treasury bills to ensure that the Government balance on each Friday is not less than a credit of Rs. 25 lakhs. If a
reduction in the Government balance is to be anticipated before the following Friday, e.g., owing to the-beginning-
of-the-month disbursements, etc., the Government shall also take steps to ensure that this balance does not fall
below the said minimum by more than Rs. 5 lakhs.
3. The Government will not repay ways and means advances or invest any surplus of the Government
balance unless the said balance exceeds a credit of Rs. 30 lakhs.
4. Ways and means advances may be taken and repaid on any day without previous notice by telegraphic
or such other intimation to such Branch of the Bank as the Bank may prescribe provided that such advances shall
be for a minimum period of seven days, and provided further that such advances shall be in minimum amounts of
Rs. 5 lakhs.
In witness whereof Mr. Donald Gladding, C.I.E., I.C.S., Secretary to the Government of Bengal in the
Finance Department, by the order and direction of the Governor of Bengal has hereunto set his hand and the
common seal of the Reserve Bank of India pursuant to a Resolution of its Central board has been hereunto affixed
in the presence of its subscribing officials the day and year first above written.
Signed by the said Mr. Donald Gladding, C.I.E., I.C.S.,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal
in the Finance Department for and on behalf of the
Governor of Bengal in the presence of
D. GLADDING
Secretary to the Government of Bengal
Finance Department
D. N. BHATTACHARJEA
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal,
Finance Department
The Common Seal of the Reserve Bank of India
was affixed hereto in the presence of
Sir Badridas Goenka, Kt., C.I.E., and
Manilal Balabhai Nanavati, two of its Directors and
Sir James Braid Taylor, kt., C.I.E., its Governor.
Common Seal of the Reserve Bank of India
Badridas Goenka
Manilal Nanavati
Directors
J.B.Taylor
Governor
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APPENDIX 2
[See T. R. 1.06]
Directions in terms of Paragraph 2 of the Agreement between the Governor of West Bengal and the
Reserve Bank or India
If the Agent of a branch of the State Bank of India which conducts treasury business dies or becomes
incapacitated for duty and it is not possible for the Bank to make immediate arrangements for the transaction of
business of its branch, the following arrangements shall be set in motion-
{a) The Head Cashier of such branch of the Bank shall immediately report such event to the Collector
or Subdivisional Officer as the case may be, of the place where the branch of the Bank is situated
and to the local Head Office of the Bank at Kolkata.
(b) Immediately on receipt of such information, the Collector or the Subdivisional Officer, as the case
may be shall forthwith proceed to such branch of the Bank and arrange to take over the keys of the
strong room and other receptacles of treasure and of notes or books and ensure that the strong
room is properly secured and direct the guard to report to him.
{c) The Collector or the Subdivisional Officer, as the case may be, shall then forthwith telegraph
information about the death or incapacity of the Agent as the case may be and about his having
taken over the keys as above, to the Banks local Head Office at Kolkata and request that Office
to send relief in place of the Agent, dead or incapacited, with the least possible delay.
(d) Until the arrival of the relief, the Collector or the Subdivisional Officer, as the case may be, shall
arrange for the due transaction of urgent treasury business at such branch, but shall on no account
take any action in regard to the Banks private business, which, together with such treasury business
as is not of an urgent nature, shall remain in abeyance.
2. When it is impossible for the Collector or the Subdivisional Officer to take action personally in the
aforesaid manner on account of his absence in camp or for any other sufficient cause, he may delegate his functions
in this regard to some other responsible Government official not below the rank of a confirmed sub-Treasury
Officer who may be stationed within easy reach of such branch of the Bank such other official being specifically
nominated by the Collector or the Subdivisional Officer, as the case may be, for the particular purpose on each
occasion when the need for such delegation arises.
3. Neither the Government nor any Government official will be liable to the Bank or to any third party by
reason of anything done bona fide under these directions but the Government official concerned will be responsible
for the safe keeping, as a bailee, of the keys of the strong-room, etc., taken over by him and for accounting .for
cash and other contents which he takes over from the strong-room.
4. At every place where the Bank has a branch, the Bank shall previously place on record with the
Collector or the Subdivisional Officer, as the case may be, of the place a statement whether the arrangements
prescribed above shall apply to its branch at that place.
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APPENDIX 3
[See T.R. 2.02]
In West Bengal, each Treasury links with either a Branch of the State Bank of India or the Central Bank of
India or the United Bank of India. Name of Treasuries in each district with attached Branches of the Banks are
given below. In Kolkata, the Pay & Accounts Office-I, Kolkata and Pay & Accounts Office-II, Kolkata conduct
the treasury functions in respect of payments other than pension payment. Payment of Pension to the State
Government Pensioner, in Kolkata, are made through the designated Branches of the Public Sector Bank and in
some cases through the Office of the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal. Pension Disbursing Officer of the
Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal, disburses the pensions in respect of the Aided Non-Government
Educational Institutions, in and around Kolkata, through 41 designated Branches of the Allahabad Bank. Kolkata
Pay & Accounts Office-II through the Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata and the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury
through 22 designated Branches of the State Bank of India accept Government receipts in Kolkata. A number of
Branches of the State Bank of India in Kolkata as listed separately hereunder also accept revenue receipts.
PART I
List of Treasuries in West Bengal
PRESIDENCY DIVISION
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District code Treasury
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Kolkata CAB 1. Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-I, Reserve Bank of India,
Civil Defence Building, Kolkata
81/2/2, Phears Lane,
Kolkata 700 012
CAC 2. Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-II, Reserve Bank of India,
Johar Building, P-1, Hyde Lane, Kolkata
Kolkata 700 073
CAD 3. Pension Disbursement Office, Reserve Bank of India, Pension
Directorate of Treasuries & A/c. Kolkata disbursed
Purta Bhavan, Bidhannagar, through
Kolkata 700 091 41 selected
Branches of
Allahabad
Bank in
Kolkata
(Detail at
part-IV)
CAA 4. Kolkata Collectorate Treasury, State Bank Of India Details at
11, N. S. Road, (Esplanade Branch) & Part-II
Kolkata 700 001. 21 selected Branches of
State Bank of India
2. Howrah HWA 1. Howrah I State Bank of India,
Howrah Branch
HWB 2. Howrah II -Do-
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HWC 3. Uluberia State Bank of India,
Uluberia Branch
3. Murshidabad MUA 1. Berhampore I State Bank of India,
Berhampore Branch
MUB 2. Berhampore II -Do-
MUC 3. Domkal State Bank of India,
Domkal Branch
MUD 4. Jangipore State Bank of India,
Jangipore Branch
MUE 5. Kandi State Bank of India,
Kandi Branch
MUF 6. Lalbagh State Bank of India,
Lalbagh Branch
4. Nadia NAA 1. Krishnagar I State Bank of India,
Krishnagar Branch
NAB 2. Krishnagar - II -Do-
NAC 3. Ranaghat State Bank of India,
Ranaghat Branch
NAD 4. Kalyani State Bank of India,
Kalyani Branch
NAE 5. Tehatta State Bank of India,
Tehatta Branch
5. North-24-Pgs NPA 1. Barasat I State Bank of India,
Barasat Branch
NPB 2. Barasat II -Do-
NPE 3. Basirhat State Bank of India,
Basirhat Branch
NPF 4. Bongaon State Bank of India,
Bongaon Branch
NPC 5. Barrackpore I State Bank of India,
Barrackpore Branch
NPD 6. Barrackpore II -Do-
NPG 7. Bidhan Nagar State Bank Of India
Bikash Bhaban Branch
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District Code Treasury
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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6. South-24-Pgs SPA 1. Alipore - I State Bank of India,
Alipore Court Branch
SPB 2. Alipore II -Do-
SPC 3. Diamond Harbour State Bank of India,
Diamond Harbour Branch
SPD 4. Baruipur State Bank of India,
Baruipur Branch
SPE 5. Canning State Bank of India,
Canning Branch
SPF 6. Kakdwip State Bank of India,
Kakdwip Branch
BURDWAN DIVISION
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District Code Treasury
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Bankura BAA 1. Bankura State Bank of India,
Bankura Branch
BAB 2. Bishnupur State Bank of India,
Bishnupur Branch
BAC 3. Khatra United Bank of India,
Khatra Branch
2. Barddhaman BUA 1. Barddhaman I State Bank of India,
Burddaman Branch
BUB 2. Barddhaman II -Do-
BUC 3. Asansol I State Bank of India,
Asansol Branch
BUD 4. Asansol II -Do-
BUE 5. Durgapur State Bank of India,
Durgapur Branch
BUF 6. Kalna State Bank of India,
Kalna Branch
BUG 7. Katwa State Bank of India,
Katwa Branch
3. Birbhum BRA 1. Suri I State Bank of India,
Suri Branch
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District Code Treasury
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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BRD 2. Suri II State Bank of India,
Suri Branch
BRB 3. Bolpur State Bank of India,
Bolpur Branch
BRC 4. Rampurhat State Bank of India,
Rampurhat Branch
4. Hooghly HGA 1. Hooghly I (Chuchura) State Bank of India,
Chuchura Branch
HGB 2. Hooghly II (Chuchura) -Do-
HGC 3. Arambagh State Bank of India,
Arambagh Branch
HGD 4. Chandernagore State Bank of India,
Chandannagar Branch
HGE 5. Serampore I State Bank of India,
Serampore Branch
HGF 6. Serampore II -Do-
5. Pashim MIA 1. Midnapore State Bank of India,
Midnapore Midnapore Branch
MIF 2. Kharagpur State Bank of India,
Kharagpur Branch
MIE 3. Jhargram State Bank of India,
Jhargram Branch
MIC 4. Ghatal State Bank of India,
Ghatal Branch
6. Purba PMA 1. Tamluk State Bank of India,
Midnapore Tamluk Branch
PMC 2. Haldia State Bank of India,
Haldia Branch
PMB 3. Contai State Bank of India,
Contai Branch
PMD 4. Egra United Bank of India.
Egra Branch
7. Purulia PUA 1. Purulia State Bank of India,
Purulia Branch
PUB 2. Raghunathpur State Bank of India,
Raghunathpur Branch
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District Code Treasury
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
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JALPAIGURI DIVISION
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District Code Treasury
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Cooch Behar COA 1. Cooch Behar I State Bank of India,
Cooch Behar Branch
COB 2. Cooch Behar II -Do-
COD 3. Mathabhanga Central Bank of India,
Mathabhanga Branch
COC 4. Dinhata Central Bank of India,
Dinhata Branch
COE 5. Mekliganj Central Bank of India,
Mekliganj Branch
COF 6. Tufanganj Central Bank of India,
Tufanganj Branch
2. Uttar Dinajpur UDA 1. Raiganj-I State Bank of India,
Raiganj
UDB 2. Raiganj-II State Bank of India,
Raiganj
UDC 3. Islampore State Bank of India,
Islampore
3. Darjeeling DAA 1. Darjeeling State Bank of India,
Darjeeling Branch
DAD 2. Siliguri - I State Bank of India,
Siliguri Branch
DAE 3. Siliguri II -Do-
DAB 4. Kurseong State Bank of India,
Kurseong
DAC 5. Kalimpong State Bank of India,
Kalimpong
4. Jalpaiguri JAA 1. Jalpaiguri I State Bank of India,
Jalpaiguri Branch
JAB 2. Jalpaiguri II -Do-
JAC 3. Alipurduar State Bank of India,
Alipurduar Branch
JAD 4. Mal Bazar State Bank Of India
Mal Bazar Branch
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5. Malda MDA 1. Malda I State Bank of India,
Malda Branch
MDB 2. Malda II -Do-
6. Dakshin DDA 1. Balurghat I State Bank of India,
Dinajpur Balurghat
DDB 2. Balurghat II -Do-
DDC 3. Gangarampur at State Bank Of India
Buniadpur Buniadpur
PART II
Payments into State Government Account in Kolkata
At Kolkata Collectorate Treasury
through different Branches of the State Bank of India
No. 11817 - F. Kolkata, the 21st. December, 2004.
NOTIFICATION
Consequent upon the discontinuance of acceptance of Cash by the Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata from
the State Government Offices under Guarantee Scheme, the Government was considering the question of fixing
some designated Branches of the State Bank of India for accepting deposits into State Government Account in
Kolkata.
After careful consideration of the matter and in consultation with the Accountant General (A & E), West
Bengal, the Reserve Bank of India, Kolkata and the State Bank of India, the Governor has been pleased to decide
that the State Government Offices, as mentioned below, shall deposit their money at the following designated
Branches of the State Bank of India as mentioned against their names :
Sl. No. Name of the State Government Offices Name of the SBI Branches
1. Milk Commissioner, W.B. Kolkata - Dalhousie Sq. Branch.
2. Directorate State Lotteries, W.B. - Dalhousie Sq. Branch.
3. Kolkata Police, Lalbazar, Kolkata - Dalhousie Sq. Branch.
4. Public Vehicle Department, Kolkata - Bhowanipur Branch.
5. The Registrar of Assurance, Kolkata - N.S.Road Branch.
6. Kolkata Collectorate Treasury, Kolkata - Esplanade Branch
The Governor has further been pleased to prescribe the following procedure for this purpose :
Name of the Treasury Name of the Treasury Bank Attached to the Remarks
District Code Treasury
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1. Deposit under the following heads of accounts shall be accepted by the aforesaid Branches :
Major Head of Account Major Head of Account
0022- Taxes on Agricultural Income 0028-Professional Tax
0029-Land Revenue 0030-Stamp & Registration
0035-Tax on Immovable Property 0039-State Excise
0040-Sales Tax 0041-Motor Vehicles
0045-Entertainment Tax 0055-Police
0070- Misc. Receipt 0075-Misc. Gen. Service.
0404-Dairy Development 8443-Civil Deposit
2. The aforesaid Branches shall render daily accounts with regard to such receipts supported by
Challans, D.M.S., to the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury and those shall be incorporated in the accounts rendered
by the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury to the Accountant General, West Bengal.
3. While depositing cash, the State Government Offices shall observe the Clean Note Policy as
prescribed by the Reserve Bank of India.
4. All the Deposits that are now made at the counter of Kolkata Collectorate Treasury shall be
deposited at the designated Branches of State Bank of India linked with Kolkata Collectorate Treasury.
5. The P.L. Accounts of the City Civil Court, Kolkata and the Rent Controller, Kolkata shall be
transferred from the Reserve Bank of India to Kolkata Collectorate Treasury and the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury
shall maintain the records of P.L. Accounts of City Civil Court, Kolkata and Rent Controller, Kolkata and shall
incorporate in their accounts and submit plus/minus memos along with paid Cheques & Challans to the Accountant
General (A & E), West Bengal as per rule. The balances of these P.L.Accounts exhibited in the P.L.Account
Register as on 31-12-2004 in the Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-II shall be transferred to the P.L.Account
Register to be opened by the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury for the purpose.
6. State Bank of India, Esplanade Branch shall act as the main Link Branch of the Kolkata Collectorate
Treasury.
7. The State Bank of India, Esplanade Branch shall pay all Cheques issued by Kolkata Collectorate
Treasury and the P.L. Accounts Cheques of City Civil Court, Kolkata and the Rent Controller, Kolkata after
authentication by the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury. The Registrar, City Civil Court, Kolkata or the Rent Controller,
Kolkata, as the case may be, shall issue P.L. Account Cheque in favour of the actual Payee on State Bank of India,
Esplanade Branch.
8. Deposits of money for Sale of Stamps from Kolkata Collectorate Treasury under the heads of
account 0030-Stamp & Registration and 0045-Entertainment Tax shall be made only at the Esplanade Branch
of the State Bank of India.
9. No deposit in respect of Rent Controller, Kolkata and the Kolkata City Civil Court under the head
of account 8443-Civil Deposit shall be accepted at the Reserve Bank of India or at the counter of Kolkata
Collectorate Treasury.
10. All the deposits in respect of Rent Controller, Kolkata and the Kolkata City Civil Court under the
head of account 8443-Civil Deposit shall be accepted at all the designated Branches of State Bank of India that
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are linked with Kolkata Collectorate Treasury. Challans in triplicate shall be prepared and presented at the Bank.
The Bank shall return one copy of Challan to the Depositor and send two copies of Challans along with the Scroll
to the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury. The Kolkata Collectorate Treasury shall forward one copy of Challan along
with a Statement of such deposit to City Civil Court, Kolkata and the Rent Controller, Kolkata, as the case may
be.
11. A list of such Branches of State Bank of India, which are now linked with Kolkata Collectorate
Treasury is given below :
1. India Exchange Place Extension 12. Baghbazar.
2. Middleton Row. 13. Chandni Chak.
3. C.I.T. Road. 14. Sealdaha.
4. Shyambazar 15. New Alipore.
5. Ballygunge 16. Kalighat.
6. Dhakuria 17. Maniktala.
7. Entally 18. Vivekananda Road
8. Tollygunge 19. N.S. Road.
9. Wellesly Park. 20. Esplanade
10. Munshi Bazar, Beliaghata. 21. Dalhousie Sq.
11. Narkeldanga. 22. Bhowanipur.
12. Shalimar Branch of Howrah District of the State Bank of India, at present linked with the Kolkata
Collectorate Treasury, shall be de-linked with that Treasury. Instead the Shalimar Branch shall render their daily
accounts with regard to such receipts supported by Challans to the Howrah Main Branch of State Bank of India.
Howrah Main Branch shall incorporate such deposits in their daily accounts and send it to the Howrah Treasury II.
This order shall take effect from 1st. January, 2005.
Necessary amendments to the relevant Rules shall be made in due course.
BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNOR
Sd/- Samar Ghosh.
Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
Finance Department.
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PART III
Schedule of different authorised Branches of Public Sector Banks for accepting State revenue receipts under specified head of account
[Vide Finance Department Notification No. 1442-FT dated 25
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May, 1999,
read with Notification No. 2858-FT dated 22
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PART A (For areas within Kolkata City)
Sl. Name of the Public Sector Bank. Address of the Link Branch of Profession Tax Address of Officer to whom scrolls are to
No. the Public Sector Bank transactions to be be sent.
concerned. reported to SBI/
CBI/UBI.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. SBI, Behala Branch, SBI, Kolkata Main Branch, Link Branch, i.e, SBI, Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, West
168/1, Diamond Harbour Road, 1, Strand Road, Kolkata-l. Kolkata Main Branch for Bengal
Kolkata-34. final settlement with 14, Beliaghata Road, Kolkata-15.
RBI, Kolkata.
2. SBI, Jadavpur University -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
Branch, Jadavpur, Raja Subodh
Mullick Road, Kolkata-32.
3. SBI, Ultadanga Branch, -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
P-185, CIT Road, Scheme
VII(M), Kolkata-54.
4. SBI, Bikash Bhawan Branch -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
(Government Office Complex),
Sector-II,Salt Lake, Kolkata-91.
5. United Bank of India, UBI, Old Court House Street UBI, Old Court House -Ditto-
College Street Branch, Branch, 16, Old Court House Street Branch, 16, Old
90/7A, M.G. Road, Kolkata. Street, Kolkata 1. Court House Street,
Kolkata 1.
6. UBI, Garden Reach Branch, -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
Garden Reach, Kolkata.
7. UBI, Old Court House Street UBI, Kolkata Branch, UBI, Kolkata Branch, -Ditto-
Branch, 16, Old Court House 4 N.C. Dutta Sarani, 4 N.C. Dutta Sarani,
Street, Kolkata 1. Kolkata -1 Kolkata 1
For final settlement with
RBI, Kolkata
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[Vide Finance Departments Notification 1441-FT and 1442-FT both dated 25
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May 1999,
read with No. 2857-FT and 2858-FT both dated 22
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September, 1999]
PART B (For areas at District Headquarters)
Sl. Name of Place Name of the District Address of Link of the Address of SBI Address of the
No. the Bank Public Sector Banks to attending to State Officer for the
Public Branch whom scrolls are to be Government to District to whom
Sector sent whom scrolls with challans
Bank transactions are to are to be sent
be reported
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1. UBI Midnapore Midnapore Midnapore UBI, Midnapore Raja SBI, Midnapore Asstt. Commissioner,
Narendra Lal Khan Road, Branch Commercial Taxes,
School Bazar, Midnapore Charge
Midnapore-721 101.
2. UBI Burdwan Burdwan Burdwan UBI, Burdwan, Sir Bijoy SBI, Burdwan Asstt. Commissioner,
Chand Road, Burdwan- Branch Commercial Taxes,
721 101 Burdwan Charge
3. UBI Malda Malda Malda UBI, Malda, English SBI, Malda Asstt. Commissioner,
Bazar, Malda 732 101 Branch Commercial Taxes,
Malda Charge
PART C (For areas outside District Headquarters)
Sl. Name of Place Name of the District Address of Link of the Address of SBI Address of the
No. the Bank Public Sector Banks to attending to State Officer for the
Public Branch whom scrolls are to be Government to District to whom
Sector sent whom scrolls with challans
Bank transactions are to are to be sent
be reported
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
1. SBI Baruipur Baruipur South-24- SBI, Alipore Court SBI, Alipore Court Asstt. Commissioner,
Parganas Treasury Branch Treasury Branch Commercial Taxes,
Baruipur Charge
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2. SBI Canning Canning -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
3. SBI Habra Habra North-24- SBI, Barasat SBI, Barasat Asstt. Commissioner,
Parganas Commercial Taxes,
Barasat Charge
4. SBI Madhyam- Madhyam- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
gram gram
5. SBI Kanchra- Kanchra- -Ditto- SBI, Barrackpore SBI, Barrackpore Asstt. Commissioner,
para para Commercial Taxes,
Barrrackpore Charge
6. SBI Naihati Naihati -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
7. SBI Salkia Salkia Howrah SBI, Howrah SBI, Howrah Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Salkia Charge
8. SBI Liluah -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
9. SBI Santipur Santipur Nadia SBI, Krishnagar SBI, Krishnagar Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Krishnagar Charge
10. SBI Kharagpur Kharagpur Midnapore SBI, Kharagpur SBI, Kharagpur Asstt. Commissioner,
Railway Railway Railway Station Railway Station Commercial Taxes,
Station Station Kharagpur Charge
11. SBI Farakka Farakka Murshidabad SBI, Jangipur SBI, Jangipur Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Berhampore Charge
12. SBI Belghoria Belghoria Kolkata SBI, Barrackpore SBI, Barrackpore Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Barrrackpore Charge
13. SBI Uttarpara Uttarpara Hooghly SBI, Serampore SBI, Serampore Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Serampore Charge
14. SBI Tribeni Tribeni Hooghly SBI, Chinsurah SBI, Chinsurah Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Serampore Charge
15. SBI Tarakeswar Tarakeswar Hooghly SBI, Chandannagar SBI, Chandan-nagar Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Serampore Charge
16. SBI Raghu- Raghu Purulia SBI, Raghunathpur SBI, Raghu-nathpur Asstt. Commissioner,
nathpur -nathpur Commercial Taxes,
Purulia Charge
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17. SBI Jhalda Jhalda Purulia SBI, Purulia SBI, Purulia Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Purulia Charge
18. UBI Egra Egra Midnapore
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UBI, Midnapore, SBI, Midnapore Asstt. Commissioner,
Raja Narendra Lal Commercial Taxes,
Khan Road, School Tamluk Charge
Bazar, Midnapore-
721 101.
19. UBI Kharagpur, Kharagpur, -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- Asstt. Commissioner,
Golbazar Golbazar Commercial Taxes,
Midnapore Charge
20. UBI Balichak Balichak -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
21. UBI Jhargram Jhargram -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
22. SBI Bankura Bankura -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto- -Ditto-
23. UBI Memari Memari Burdwan
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UBI, Burdwan, SBI, Burdwan Asstt. Commissioner,
Sir Bijoy Chand Road, Commercial Taxes,
Burdwan 713 101 Burdwan Charge
24. SBI Aurangabad Aurangabad Murshidabad SBI, Jangipur SBI, Jangipur Asstt. Commissioner,
Commercial Taxes,
Berhampore Charge
PART D
List of Public Sector Banks authorised to collect Sales Tax
[Vide Finance Departments Notification No. 1120-FT dated 20
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April, 1995]
1. Allahabad Bank
(i) Kolkata Branch,14, India Exchange Place, Kolkata 700 001 (Main Branch)
(ii) South Kolkata Branch, 111 A & B, Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Road, Kolkata 700 029.
2. Bank of Baroada
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 4, India Exchange Place, Kolkata 700 001.
(ii) Kidderpore Branch, 25, Karl Marx Sarani, Kolkata 700 023.
3. Bank of India
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 23 A/B, Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata 700 001.
(ii) Bhupen Bose Avenue Branch, 55, Bhupen Bose Avenue, Kolkata 700 001.
4. Bank of Maharashtra
(i) 21, Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata 700 001.
(ii) 7, Ganesh Chandra Avenue, Kolkata 700 001.
5. Canara Bank
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 5, Acharya Jagadish Chandrd Bose Road, P.B. No.16430, Kolkata-20.
(ii) Sealdah Branch, 14-15, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-9.
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6. Central Bank of India
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 33, Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Shyambazar Branch, 11, Bhupen Bose Avenue, Kolkata-4.
7. Dena Bank
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 16/A, Braboune Road, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Bhowanipur Branch, 109-D, Ashutosh Mukherjee Road, Kolkata-25.
8. Indian Bank
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, P/8, Braboume Road, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Kali Krishna Tagore Street Branch, Kolkata.
9. Indian Overseas Bank
(i) Strand Road Branch, 13/3, Strand Road, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Ballygunge Park Road Branch; 22, Ballygunge Park Road, Kolkata-19.
10. Punjab National Bank
(i) Braboume Road Branch, 18A, Brdboune Road, Kolkata-l (Main Branch).
(ii) New Alipore Branch, 73A, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata.
11. Syndicate Bank
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 6, Nelaji Subhas Road, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Rashbehari Avenue Branch, 134, Rashbehari Avenue, Kolkata-29.
12. United Bank of India
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 4, N. C. Dutta Sarani, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Maniktala Branch, 203/1/1, Bidhan Sarani, Kolkata-6.
(iii) College Street Branch, 90/7 A, M.G.Road, Kolkata 73.
(iv) Garden Reach Branch, Kolkata.
(v) Old Court House Street Branch, 16, Old Court House Street, Kolkata 1.
13. United Commercial Bank
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 10, Braboune Road, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Ballygunge Branch, 15/1, Gariahat Road, Kolkata-19.
14. Union Bank of India.
(i) Kolkata Main Branch, 15, India Exchange Place, Kolkata-l.
(ii) Strand Road Branch, 38, Strand Road, Kolkata-l.
15. State Bank of India
(1) Strand Road, Kolkata-l (Main Branch).
(2) Burrabazar Branch.
(3) Park Street Branch.
(4) Middleton Row Branch.
(5) India Exchange Place Branch.
(6) Park Circus Branch.
(7) New Alipore Branch.
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(9) Shyambazar Branch.
(10) Dhakuria Branch.
(11) Entally Branch.
(12) Ballygunge Branch.
(13) Tollygunge Branch.
(14) Wellesley Park Branch.
(15) Maniklala Branch.
(16) Narkeldanga Branch.
(17) Vivekananda Road Branch.
(18) Bagh Bazar Branch.
(19) Chandni Chawk Branch.
(20) Sealdah Branch.
(21) Kalighat Branch.
(22) Munshibazar Branch, Sales Tax Buildings, 14, Beliaghata Road, Kolkata-15.
This branch shall receive payments not below Rs. 500/-, either in cash or by cheque.
(23) Behala Branch, 168/1, Diamond Harbour Road, Kolkata 34.
(24) Jadavpur University Branch, Jadavpur, Raja Subodh Mullick Road, Kolkata 32.
(25) Ultadanga Branch, P-185, C.I.T. Road, Scheme-VII(M), Kolkata 54.
(26) Bikash Bhaban Branch, (Government Office Complex), Sector II, Salt Lake, Kolkata 91.
Head of Account :-
(1) For Profession Tax : 0028-00-107-Taxes on Professions, Trades, Callings and Employment-001-Other Taxes on Income-03-Taxes.
(2) For Sales Tax : (a) 0040-00-102-001-Collection under State Sales Tax Act-03-Taxes.
(b) 0040-00-102-004-Collection under W.B. VAT Act, 2003 -03-Taxes.
(c) 0040-00-103-001-Receipts under the West Bengal Motor Spirit Sales Taxation Act, 1974-03-Taxes.
(d) 0040-00-103-001-Receipts under the West Bengal Motor Spirit Sales Taxation Act, 1974-07-Interest.
(e) 0040-00-104-001-Surcharge on Sales Tax-04-Surcharge.
(f) 0040-00-107-001-Turnover Tax-03-Taxes.
(g) 0040-00-800-Other Receipts-001-Other Items-27-Other Receipts.
**
To be approved/nominated as Link Branch.
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PART IV
List of branches of Allahabad Bank attached to Pension Disbursement Office, Kolkata
1 ALIPORE 22 BALLYGUNGE
2 BAGHBAZAR 23 BARISHA
3 BHOWANIPORE 24 B. B. AVENUE
4 BELIAGHATA 25 BEADON STREET
5 BOWBAZAR STREET 26 B. K. PAUL AVENUE
6 COLLEGE STREET MARKET 27 BRABOURNE ROAD
7 COSSIPORE 28 BURRABAZAR
8 ENTALLY 29 C. R. AVENUE
9 GARIAHAT 30 D. H. ROAD
10 HATIBABAN 31 GARIA
11 JADAVPORE 32 GOURIBERE
12 KANKURGACHI 33 GREY STREET EXTENSION
13 KH I DDERPORE 34 HARISH MUKHERJEE ROAD
14 NEW ALIPORE 35 LAKE TOWN
15 PARK CIRCUS 36 MISSION ROW
16 PAIKPARA 37 MUKUL BOSE ROAD
17 R B VENUE 38 NAKTALA
18 SEALDAH 39 SALT LAKE
19 TOLLYGUNGE 40 SHYAMBAZAR
20 ULTADANGA 41 SOUTH SINTHEE BRANCH
21 ARABINDA SARANI
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PART V
List of Offices and Branch of State Bank of India in West Bengal
CALCUTTA DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 CALCUTTA LOCAL HEAD 3970 72 BEADON STREET 1957
OFFICE (LHO), Samriddhi
Bhaban, Block-B, 1
st
. Floor, 1,
Strand Road, Kolkata- 700 001
2 ALIPORE 4 73 JATINDRA MOHAN AVENUE 1994
3 CALCUTTA MAIN BRANCH 1 74 RAJA DINENDRA STREET 1995
4 FORT WILLIAM 1597 75 COSSIPORE 2043
5 HAZRA ROAD 1649 76 SEALDAH 3084
6 CHANDNI CHOWK 1650 77 B T ROAD 3721
7 KALIGHAT 1722 78 GOABAGAN 4773
8 WELLESLEY PARK 1723 79 BELGACHIA MILK COLONY 5367
9 PARK CIRCUS 1749 80 SOUTH SINTHEE 5374
10 ELGIN ROAD 1768 81 COLLEGE STREET 5723
11 ELLIOT ROAD 1792 82 MUKTARAM BABU STREET 5733
12 ENTALLY 1830 83 BHUPEN BOSE AVENUE 6764
13 GOKHALE ROAD 2062 84 CHITTARANJAN AVENUE 7406
14 SHAKESPEAR SARANI 3031 85 BURRA BAZAR 50
15 LA MARTINIERE 3681 86 INDIA EXCHANGE PL EXTN 1139
16 GARCHA 3692 87 C I T ROAD 1140
17 JEEVAN DEEP 3762 88 JORASANKO 1204
18 HARISH MUKHERJEE ROAD 3961 89 BIPLABI R B BASU RD 1218
19 DESHAPRIYA PARK PBB 4233 90 DALHOUSIE SQUARE 1401
20 NEW MARKET 4662 91 SUBODH MALLICK SQUARE 1504
21 TALTALA 4771 92 POSTA 1646
22 KHIRODE GHOSH MARKET 4772 93 NIMTALLAH 1653
23 JADU BABUS BAZAR 5736 94 BAGRI MARKET 1748
24 PRAMATHESH BARUA SARANI 6905 95 ESPLANADE 1971
25 LOWER CIRCULAR ROAD 7335 96 RABINDRA SARANI 3231
26 MOULALI 8210 97 SURYA SEN STREET 3496
27 RIFLE ROAD 8212 98 TANGRA 3737
28 POTTERY ROAD 8439 99 ZAKERIA STREET 3907
29 GORACHAND ROAD 8581 100 M G ROAD /DAPTARIPARA/ 5437
30 INC.TAX BLDG(BENIAPUKUR) 8762 101 BIPLABI ANUKUL CH STREET 5583
31 ALIPORE COURT TREASRY BR 9884 102 SASHI BHUSAN DEY STREET 5768
32 SHAMBAZAR 180 103 MUCHIPARA 6145
33 HATIBAGAN 1503 104 NARESH CH DUTTA SARANI 6770
34 SOVABAZAR 1647 105 SALS TAX BLDG MUNSHIBZR 6771
35 VIVEKANANDA ROAD 1651 106 BEPIN BEHARI GANGULY ST 6788
36 BAGHBAZAR 1652 107 CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY 7766
37 MANICKTALA 1715 108 COLOOTALA STREET 8209
38 PAIKPARA 1747 109 EZRA STREET 8600
39 GREY STREET EXTN 1750 110 TANGRA (PANCHANANTALA) 8761
40 B K PAUL AVENUE 1767 111 JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY 93
41 AMHERST STREET 1800 112 NEW ALIPORE 205
42 NORTHERN AVENUE 1895 113 DHAKURIA 1405
43 SOUTHERN AVENUE 1505 114 KASBA 1486
44 NAKTALA 1510 115 PARK STREET 150
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45 RASH BEHARI AVENUE 1648 116 CHOWRINGHEE 1054
46 TOLLYGUNGE 1719 117 MIDDLETON ROW 1122
47 HIDE ROAD 1746 118 N R I BRANCH (CALCUTTA) 6284
48 SITALATALA 1772 119 RGNL OFFICE CALCUTTA 6884
49 TRIANGULAR PARK 1799 120 SERVICE BR. CALCUTTA 8554
50 TOLLYGUNGE CIRCULAR RD 1801 121 KANKURGACHI PBB 4203
51 LAKE GARDENS 1802 122 NARKELDANGA 1580
52 MOMINPUR 1996 123 BELIAGHATA 1798
53 KIDDERPORE 3334 124 ULTADANGA 1831
54 CHETLA 3691 125 BAGMARI 3682
55 BALLYGUNGE RAILWAY STN 3951 126 JORAMANDIR 3868
56 REGENT ESTATE 4774 127 MANIKTALA CIVIC CENTRE 7468
57 GARIA 5368 128 SASTHITALA 8253
58 PRINCE ANWAR SHAH ROAD 5371 129 BELIAGHATA CIT ROAD 8440
59 PICNIC GARDEN 5602 130 CHINGRIGHATA 9137
60 TOLLY NEW THETRS STUDIO 5680 131 RGNL OFFICE BIDHANNAGAR 6928
61 PUTIARI (PURBA PUTIARI) 6528 132 BHAWANIPUR 40
62 BAGHJTIN BZR GNGULI BGN 6789 133 IND FIN BR, CAL 1936
63 GOLPARK 7195 134 COM BR, N S ROAD 4125
64 NEW GARIA (SRINAGAR) 7679 135 COM BR, BALLYGUNGE 4140
65 GARIAHAT CIVIC CENTRE 7826 136 COM BR, ALIPORE 4263
66 KIDERPR DOCK YARD AREA 7920 137 COM BR, J L NEHRU RD 4288
67 NEW BALLYGUNGE /KASBA/ 8277 138 BHOWANIPORE SSI BR 4833
68 RUBY PARK 8438 139 RARB 4151
69 BARODA PARKBAISNABGHATA 9470 140 OVERSEAS BRANCH (CAL) 4805
70 BALLYGUNGE 18 141 COM BR, CALCUTTA 7502
71 NETAJI SUBHAS ROAD BR. 144 142 MICR CHQ PROC CENTRE KOL 4269
24 PGS(N&S) DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 DIAMOND HARBOUR 70 55 NAIHATI 1823
2 PANCHUR 1303 56 KANKINARA 1883
3 KAKDWIP 1319 57 BELGHORIA 1888
4 THAKURPUKUR 1357 58 KHARDAH 1899
5 GARDEN REACH 1402 59 DUM DUM CANTONMENT 1956
6 GARFA 1450 60 BON HOGHLY INDSTL ESTAT 2029
7 RAJPUR 1451 61 DUM DUM 2054
8 BAKULTALA 1489 62 CALCUTTA AIRPORT 3029
9 BARUIPUR 1490 63 BARRACKPORE RLY STATION 3071
10 BEHALA 1522 64 BARRACKPORE A F STN 3852
11 CANNING 1993 65 SALTLAKE S P S B 4204
12 PARNASHREE 2016 66 BIRATI 4604
13 BUDGE BUDGE 2032 67 NAGERBAZAR /DUM DUM/ 4605
14 DAKSHIN BARASAT 2046 68 TITAGARH 4727
15 SAKHER BAZAR 2117 69 DAKHINESWAR 4786
16 NIMPITH 3079 70 RATHTALA 6042
17 RAJABAGAN DOCKYARD 3142 71 HALISAHAR 6224
18 GOSABA 3199 72 AE MKT SALT LAKE SCTR 1 6794
19 METIABRUZ 3881 73 NEW BARRACKPORE 6809
20 TARATALA 4647 74 H B TOWN /SODEPUR/ 7654
21 KARANJALI 4701 75 BIKASH BHVN GOVT CMPL 7816
22 KRISHNACHANDRAPUR VL BR 5735 76 KALINDI HOUSING ESTATE 7961
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23 BHANGANKHALI VILLAGE BR 5934 77 AGARPARA /TEXMACO AREA/ 8046
24 I I M JOKA 6210 78 GARUI 8705
25 RUDRANAGAR VILLAGE BR 6481 79 SEWLI SAB 8921
26 KRSHNADVPR MANDIRBZR VL6666 80 PATULIA SAB 9169
27 BATANAGAR 6699 81 BANGUR AVENUE BRANCH 9289
28 TARATLA INDSTL EST CMPLX 7026 82 SALT LAKE ELECT COMPLEX 9985
29 RAJARHAT 7325 83 BARASAT 24
30 FARTABAD 7422 84 BASIRHAT 30
31 NEW BALLYGUNGE /HALTU/ 7423 85 BONGAON 47
32 PAL BAZAR 8077 86 MADHYAMGRAM 1329
33 RASAPUNJA 8375 87 BAGUIATI 1488
34 UTTARBAG GHAT 8746 88 HABRA 1643
35 UKILER HAT 8754 89 BADURIA 2005
36 FALTA EXP PROCESING ZONE 8772 90 SWARUPNAGAR 3928
37 KAIKHALI SAB 8785 91 MASLANDPUR 4636
38 HARINDANGA SAB 8889 92 ASOKNAGAR 4784
39 KALIBAZAR 8890 93 CHANDPARA 6046
40 PARULIA, 24 PGS. 9167 94 LAUHATI 6208
41 KHASMALLICK 9205 95 KADAMBAGACHI 6853
42 KULERDARI (SAB) 9321 96 TAKI 6867
43 RATNESWARPUR 9356 97 DHARMAPUKURIA VILL BR 7004
44 KABARDANGA MORE 9358 98 AWALSIDHI 8354
45 GOBINDARAMPUR SAB 9974 99 PALLA BAZAR 8355
46 BARRACKPORE 29 100 MAHISGOTE 8454
47 ALAMBAZAR 1356 101 TARANIPUR 8730
48 KAMARHATI 1404 102 BOYERMARI 8734
49 KANCHRAPARA 1487 103 TEGHORIA RAGHUNATHPUR 8735
50 LAKE TOWN 1506 104 GOBARDANGA 8766
51 SALT LAKE 1612 105 ASHARU SAB 8922
52 GARULIA 1720 106 COM BR, SALT LAKE 4289
53 ANANDAPURI 1770 107 ICHAPUR 1797
54 SODEPUR 1796
MIDNAPORE DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 JHARGRAM 103 44 KUSUMDANGA SAB 9893
2 MIDNAPORE 132 45 SANDHAPARA SAB 9894
3 KHARAGPUR 202 46 KESHARREKHA SAB 9895
4 BELDA 2017 47 CONTAI 57
5 GARBETA 2059 48 TAMLUK 193
6 KHARAGPUR RLY STATION 3332 49 GHATAL 228
7 JHORBHANGA (SALBONI) 3558 50 MAHISHADAL 1298
8 DEBRA ADB 3647 51 HALDIA PORT 1360
9 DANTAN VILLAGE BRANCH 4782 52 DIGHA 1514
10 DAHIJURI VILLAGE BRANCH 6697 53 NANDIGRAM 1555
11 NIMPURA KHRGPUR IND GR 6779 54 MECHADA 3695
12 ROHINI VILLAGE BRANCH 6828 55 MOYNA 3949
13 BELPAHARI 6915 56 KHANCHI VILLAGE BRANCH 6698
14 CHICHRA VILLAGE BRANCH 7003 57 KHARAR 6700
15 RAMGARH VILLAGE BRANCH 7103 58 BRAJALALCHAK VILLAGE BR 6877
16 BHULAVEDA 8021 59 KHUKURDAHA VILLAGE BR 6969
17 THAKURCHAK 8111 60 IOC TOWNSHIP HALDIA 7089
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18 BARASEJIA 8208 61 IOC HALDIA RFINERY CMPS 7090
19 NAYAGRAM 8271 62 MAHISAGOTE 8206
20 BANSPAHARI 8272 63 ALANGIRI 8207
21 BALIGERIA 8328 64 BASUDEVPUR 8226
22 KESHIAPADA 8329 65 KALYANPUR 8372
23 SYEDPUR 8330 66 BAICHBERIA 8431
24 CHUNPARA 8535 67 PICHHABONI 8714
25 RANISARAI SAB 8771 68 TAMLUK RLY.STN 8745
26 KHETUA 8862 69 KHODAMBARI V B 8839
27 SAURI 8918 70 KHEJURI 8915
28 KHALSIULI 8973 71 DALPARA 8916
29 GRAMRAJ SAB 9078 72 ISMALICHAK 8917
30 MENKAPUR 9135 73 NAYAPUT 8994
31 DEBAGRAM 9707 74 HALDERDIGHI 9136
32 BAGMARI SAB 9708 75 GARCHAKTABERIA 9329
33 BALPAI SAB 9709 76 HALDIA PETROCHEM.COMPLEX 9390
34 MADANMOHAN CHAK SAB 9710 77 BARATALA 9455
35 SARDIHA SAB 9714 78 KALAGACHHIA SAB 9706
36 JASHPUR BAITA SAB 9715 79 JAMKI SAB 9711
37 CHUNPARA CHHATRI SAB 9719 80 PANCHET SAB 9712
38 BARACHANDABILA SAB 9843 81 SABAJPUT SAB 9713
39 KHARAGPUR-BWANIPORE 9885 82 BRINDABANCHAK SAB 9842
40 AMANPUR SAB 9886 83 AMGACHIA 9844
41 KUSHBASAN SAB 9888 84 TELAMI SAB 9890
42 DAMODARPUR GHAGRE SAB 9889 85 KUTIKONARPUR 9891
43 ETHELA SAB 9892
PURULIA DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 PURULIA 160 11 BHOJUDIH COAL WASHERY 7778
2 ADRA 1742 12 RAGHUNATHPUR 8544
3 BURA BAZAR /PURULIA 2008 13 BANDWAN 8710
4 HURA 2067 14 MOTOUR SAB 8932
5 MANBAZAR 2085 15 ICHAG 9323
6 PARA VILL BR 4770 16 KUNCHIYA SAB 9718
7 KESARGARH VILL BR 6796 17 MAHATAMARA SAB 9720
8 ARRA VILL BRANCH 7005 18 BARAM 9730
9 JHALDA 7101 19 PURYARA SAB 9898
10 BISPURIA VILL BRANCH 7209 20 KALABONI SAB 9899
BANKURA DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 BANKURA 22 12 ARALDIHI 8709
2 BISHNUPUR 44 13 SUSUNIA SAB 8930
3 KOTULPUR ADB 1553 14 SANTASRAM 8931
4 SONAMUKHI 1557 15 NAKAIJURI 9322
5 MEJHIA 3871 16 BOGA 9355
6 ONDA VILL BR 3906 17 NANDANPUR SAB 9456
7 MEJIA THERMAL POW STN 6608 18 SUKHADALI SAB 9698
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8 BANASURIA VILL BR 6930 19 HARIGRAM GOENKA MORE SAB 9699
9 BARKURA VILL BR 7098 20 DHABAN SAB 9716
10 RAMPUR, BANKURA 8064 21 KHARBANA DUMDUMI SAB 9717
11 LODNA 8533 22 KHAPKATA KIRPAI SAB 9845
HOOGHLY DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 ARAMBAGH 8 22 MOGRA 4780
2 CHANDERNAGAR 53 23 BANSBERIA 5919
3 CHINSURAH 56 24 JANAI 6033
4 SERAMPORE 178 25 GOGHAT VILLAGE BRANCH 6115
5 TRIBENI 225 26 HARIPAL 6150
6 BOINCHEE 1400 27 GHOSHPUR 6195
7 UTTARPARA 1403 28 CHILADANGI VILLAGE BR 6581
8 ARAMBAGH ADB 1744 29 KUMIRMORAH VILLAGE BR 6582
9 CHINSURAH ADB 1745 30 BADANGANJ VILLAGE BR 6591
10 SHEORAPHULI 1769 31 HAJIPUR VILLAGE BRANCH 6592
11 RISHRA 1771 32 MANKUNDU 6772
12 TARKESWAR 1865 33 HARIT VILLAGE BRANCH 7205
13 DANKUNI 1896 34 JAMGRAM 8724
14 BALAGARH 2006 35 JAGATPUR 8725
15 BHADRESWAR 2021 36 HARINKHOLA 9033
16 KONNAGAR 2078 37 GHOLDIGRUI SAB 9457
17 SAHAGANJ 2115 38 VIKDAS SAB 9458
18 PURSURAH 3956 39 JAYARAMPUR SAB 9459
19 PANDUA ADB 4646 40 RAMNATHPUR SAB 9462
20 BAIDYABATI 4776 41 MAHESHPUR 9729
21 PANDUGRAM SAB 9897 42 SAORA SAB 9896
BIRBHUM DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 RAMPURHAT 165 15 BANGCHHATRA VILL BR 6580
2 SURI 191 16 TARAPITH VILL BR 6931
3 AHMADPUR 2002 17 PAROTA 7866
4 BOLPUR 2027 18 KUSUMBA 8045
5 DUBRAJPUR 2052 19 SOHARA 8531
6 MOLLARPUR 2087 20 NALHATI 8540
7 MURARAI 2088 21 KAIJULI MORE 8720
8 SAINTHIA 2116 22 ULKUNDA 8726
9 SANTINIKETAN 2121 23 SASTINAGAR 8727
10 SAINTHIA ADB 3074 24 PANRUI 8728
11 RAJNAGAR / W B 3080 25 ABINASHPUR 8733
12 KOTASUR 4778 26 KAMRAGHAT 9312
13 NISCHINTAPUR ADB 5920 27 GANPUR SAB 9963
14 BAKRESWAR VILL BR 6578
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BURDWAN DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 BURDWAN 48 32 CHOTKHANDA 8203
2 KALNA 106 33 PALLA ROAD 8204
3 KATWA 111 34 NABAGRAM /BURD 8205
4 MEMARI 1366 35 MEJHIARI SAB 8537
5 SUREKALNA 1552 36 BATASPUR 8538
6 BHATAR 2022 37 SIGNA SAB 9125
7 BURDWAN UNIVERSITY 2033 38 KAIGRAM SAB 9460
8 DAINHAT 2045 39 URNPUR 49
9 KUSUMGRAM 2080 40 URGAPUR 74
10 SEHERA BAZAR ADB 2104 41 ANIGANJ 231
11 RAMJIBANPUR 2106 42 HITTARANJAN 241
12 KALNA ADB 3049 43 F C I DURGAPUR 1556
13 KHOSBAGAN 3083 44 MAMC DURGAPUR 1822
14 KATWA ADB 3913 45 BARAKAR 2009
15 MEMARI ADB 3920 46 LAUDOHA 2082
16 KETUGRAM 5603 47 MURGASOL 2089
17 GALSI ADB 5704 48 PANDAVESWAR 2098
18 KURMUN 6043 49 RGNL ENG COL/DURGAPUR 2108
19 TALIT VILL BR 6104 50 RUPNARAINPUR 2114
20 SHAKTIGARH 6116 51 PANAGARH 3676
21 DIGNAGAR VILL BR 6189 52 BENACHITTY BAZAR 3905
22 ITACHANDA ADB 6193 53 PUNJABI MORE 4228
23 NADANGHAT ADB 6194 54 CHINAKURI 4637
24 NIROLE VILL BR 6584 55 KUNUSTORIA 4750
25 BANPAS VILL BR 6590 56 KAJORAGRAM 4775
26 PERBIRHATA /BURD 7830 57 SATGRAM 4777
27 SADARGHAT /BURD 8007 58 KULTI 5703
28 SARANGA 8193 59 SANCTORIA 6114
29 PALIMPUR 8195 60 DURGAPUR STEL TOWNSHP 6151
30 MOYNAGURI 8196 61 DURGAPUR CITY CENTRE 6152
31 CHHATINI 8197 62 JAMURIA BAZAR 6188
63 CHURPUNI 8198 74 KHANDRA 6579
64 PUTSURI 8199 75 ASANSOL BAZAR 6693
65 PARULIA /BURD 8201 76 MUCHIPARA (DURGAPUR) 6888
66 RADHAKANTA PUR 8202 77 DURGAPUR STATION ROAD 7337
67 J K NAGAR 7410 78 RADHANAGAR ROAD 8539
68 DURGAPUR STEL TOWNSHIP B 7503 79 RANGAPARA 8541
69 BANKOLA 7798 80 PURSA 8542
70 ALOY STEL PL /DURGAPUR/ 8009 81 PANURIA 8543
71 JAMGRAM 8192 82 KALIPATHAR SAB 9461
72 CHANKTENTUL 8194 83 ASANSOL 11
73 BIJPUR 8200 84 RGNL OFFICE BURDWAN 6929
HOWRAH DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 ULUBERIA 199 18 BELUR MATH 4640
2 BAURIA 1295 19 DOMJUR 4783
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3 RAMRAJATALA 1359 20 AMTA 4787
4 LILUAH 1377 21 KADAMTALA 4790
5 SALKIA 1414 22 HOWRAH RAILWAY STATION 5702
6 AJODHYA 1500 23 BALLY DURGAPUR 5766
7 CHENGAIL 2041 24 DEULTI 5933
8 GHOSHPARA 2061 25 BANITABLA 6787
9 HOWRAH S S I BRANCH 2066 26 NOUL SAB 7077
10 MANIKPUR 2086 27 MASHILA 8556
11 SARENGA 2122 28 THALIA 8923
12 SIBPUR 2124 29 SITAPUR SAB 9467
13 UNSANI 2134 30 KHANJADAPUR SAB 9721
14 BELILIOUS ROAD 3412 31 LALITAGARI SAB 9722
15 SHALIMAR 3785 32 HOWRAH 91
16 BALLY 3882 33 HOWRAH ZONAL OFFICE 4260
17 GANGES GARDEN COMPLEX 4284 34 COM BR, HOWRAH 4150
DARJEELING DISTRICT
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 DARJEELING 63 13 I A F CAMP BAGDOGRA 7148
2 KALIMPONG 105 14 SILIGURI COURT 7206
3 KURSEONG 123 15 HAKIMPARA (SILIGURI) 7245
4 SILIGURI 184 16 MIRIK 7336
5 BIJANBARI 2023 17 JALAPAHAR ST PAUL SCHOOL 7445
6 NORTH BENGAL UNIV CMPUS 8209 18 BANSBATTE 7821
7 SUKHIAPOKHARI 2127 19 HANSQUEA 9040
8 BENGDUBI 3333 20 TEESTA BAZAR 9324
9 NAYABAZAR /SILIGURI / 3376 21 ADHIKARI SAB 9697
10 STN FDR RD /SILIGURI/ 4789 22 LUISI PUKRI 9704
11 PRADHAN NAGAR,SILIGURI 6829 23 KHAPRAIL CANTONMENT AREA 9962
12 COM BR, SILIGURI 4126 24 RGNL OFFICE SILIGURI 7946
DISTRICT COOCH BEHAR
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 COOCH BEHAR 58 9 BALIKA BANDAR 8712
2 DINHATA 209 10 HAZRAHAT 8924
3 CHANGRABANDHA 1448 11 JAYANTIR HAT 8925
4 COOCH BEHAR BAZAR 1753 12 RUIDANGA SAB 9696
5 KHAGRABARI ADB 4785 13 KHERBARIHAT SAB 9725
6 GOSANIMARI 7000 14 KURSAHAT SAB 9847
7 NEW COOCH BEHAR VILL BR 7193 15 KHAPAIDANGA-KALJANI SAB 9964
8 BALARAMPUR 7294 16 MARICHBARI SAB 9977
DISTRICT JALPAIGURI
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 ALIPUR DUARS 5 13 BHATIBARI VILLAGE BR 7142
2 JALPAIGURI 95 14 KUMARGRAM VILLAGE BR 7143
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3 DHUPGURI 1296 15 BAROBHISA 7144
4 FALAKATA 1297 16 DANGUAJHAR 7194
5 HASIMARA 1447 17 BINAGURI 8711
6 HAMILTONGANJ 1554 18 ALIPURDUARS BAZAR 8713
7 BIRPARA 2025 19 KHOARDANGA 8929
8 JALPAIGURI TOWN 2070 20 A F STATION HASIMARA 8942
9 MAL 2084 21 BAULBARI 9700
10 BINNAGURI CANTONMENT 3923 22 MOINATALI 9702
11 JAIGAON 6278 23 KALIPUR 9846
12 EKTIASAL 6509
DISTRICT MALDA
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 MALDA 129 14 KALIACHAK 8437
2 HARISHCHANDRAPUR 1449 15 ALAMPUR 8458
3 CHANCHAL 2037 16 BARDUARY 8731
4 GAZOLE 2058 17 KHJURIA NTPC TOWNSHIP 8747
5 SAMSI 2120 18 TILASON 8861
6 MANIKCHAWK 6664 19 JAMTOLLA 8926
7 SUJAPUR 6810 20 KAHALA 9319
8 AMRITI 6847 21 TALBHAKURIA SAB 9453
9 BALURPUR HAT VILLAGE BR 6849 22 SANTOSHPUR SAB 9454
10 JADUPUR GABGACHI V BR 6971 23 MANIKORA SAB 9705
11 ARAPUR KOTWALI VILL BR 7088 24 DHANGARA SAB 9902
12 MAJUMPUR 7204 25 UTTAR LAKSHMIPUR SAB 9975
13 RATHBARI 8436 26 BOROKAMATH SAB 9976
DISTRICT MURSHIDABAD
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 BERHAMPORE W.BENGAL 34 21 LALGOLA 8006
2 JANGIPUR 98 22 JOYPUR SAB 8519
3 FARAKKA 218 23 BAZAR SHAU 8520
4 KANDI 237 24 ALUGRAM 8558
5 LALBAGH 1087 25 DALTONPUR 8737
6 AURANGABAD WB 1299 26 BAZARDANGA SAB 8854
7 SALAR 1721 27 KASHIPUR SAB 8856
8 JIAGUNJ 1870 28 KALITALA 9170
9 KHAGRA 2020 29 TENYA SAB 9171
10 DUMKAL 2055 30 KHARER SAB 9172
11 NABAGRAM 2091 31 BAZITPUR SAB 9173
12 NAGAR 2092 32 NIMTITA SAB 9174
13 BERHAMPORE WB ADB 3914 33 BURWAN 9357
14 SATITARA BURWAN ADB 4781 34 SAHEBNAGAR SAB 9463
15 DHULIAN 6932 35 LOKENATHPUR 9464
16 ANDUA 7099 36 JUGINDA SAB 9465
17 TRIMOHINI VILLAGE BR 7104 37 GANGADASPARA SAB 9466
18 MIRZAPUR SAB 7145 38 MOMINPUR SAB 9469
19 SATUI VILLAGE BRANCH 7146 39 RAMPUR SAB 9723
20 KATABAGAN VILLAGE BR 7147
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DISTRICT NADIA
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 KRISHNAGAR 122 17 RADHANAGAR ADB 5681
2 RANAGHAT 166 18 GANGNAPUR VILLAGE BR 5748
3 SANTIPORE 176 19 NIMTALA BAZAR 6041
4 KALYANI 1082 20 SHAKTINAGAR 6156
5 GAYESHPUR GOVT COLONY 1300 21 KALYANI INDSTL GRTH CTR 6701
6 BIRNAGAR 1301 22 BETHUADAHARI 6985
7 BAGULA 1302 23 KAIKHALI 8552
8 PLASSEY 1382 24 MAJHERGRAM 8553
9 FULIA 2057 25 KHIDIRPUR 8557
10 NABADWIP 2090 26 BAHADURPUR 8855
11 TEHATTA 3153 27 ANULIA SAB 8857
12 DEBAGRAM ADB 3242 28 CHOTO ANDULIA SAB 8858
13 KRISHNAGANJ VILLAGE BR 3696 29 BINODNAGAR SAB 8859
14 KARIMPUR ADB 3735 30 KRISHNAGAR SAB 8860
15 CHAKDAH 4744 31 HARINGHATA I.D.D. COLLEGE 9168
16 BETAI 5617
DISTRICT UTTAR DINAJPUR
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 RAIGANG 162 10 LODHAN VILLAGE BRANCH 7713
2 ISLAMPUR 245 11 DASPARA 8526
3 KARNAJORA 1654 12 SHYAMPUR SAB 8927
4 KALIYAGUNJ ADB 1806 13 KALANAGIN SAB 8928
5 DALKHOLA 2047 14 KALIGANG 9038
6 KALIYAGANJ 2074 15 KULAVITA 9039
7 PANJIPARA 4788 16 HEMTABAD 9320
8 RAIGANJ BAZAR 5523 17 MADANPUR SAB 9701
9 KARANDIGHI 6665 18 LAKHIPUR 9728
DISTRICT DAKSHIN DINAJPUR
SL. BRANCH NAME CODE SL. BRANCH NAME CODE
NO NO
1 BALURGHAT 20 5 KAMARPARA 7069
2 KUSHMANDI 1875 6 RAJIBPUR 9401
3 BUNIADPUR VILLAGE BR 6795 7 PATHARGHATA SAB 9703
4 LASKARHAT 6862 8 GOPALPUR SAB 9901
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PART VI
Instructions to Managers of the State Bank of India, Central Bank of India and
United Bank of India
The accounts of all currency chests are maintained at the Issue Department of the Reserve Bank,
which is the Head Office of the circle. As that office has not only to bring all transactions to book, but also
to watch that each transaction is adjusted by an Pension Payment Ordersite transfer of an equivalent amount
and that the balance shown in the accounts agrees with the balance reported in the verification statement, it
is essential that oPension Payment Ordersite transfers should be correctly made and that all transactions
should be reported promptly and accurately. The following instructions have been framed with this object
and failure to observe them will in each instance be noted as a treasury irregularity.
2. Currency chest transactions come under the following categories :-
(A) Not involving opposite transactions-
(1) Actual.remittances of treasure from one chest to another within the circle to or from the head office
of the circle, or between one chest in the home circle and another within a foreign circle.
(B) Involving oPension Payment Ordersite transactions within the District-
(1) Local exchanges, i.e., deposits into (or withdrawal from) chest at the Treasury or the Bank immediately
adjusted by the withdrawal (or deposit) of an equivalent amount from (or into) the chest at the
Treasury or the Bank at the same place. These transactions should not be confused with local
transfers.
(2) Extra-district or local transfers, i.e., deposits into (or withdrawal from) one currency chest in the
District adjusted by the withdrawal (or deposit) of an equivalent amount from (or into) another
durrency chest situated at the headquarters of the District or within the same District, where there is
no branch of the Bank-in-Charge of a currency chest either at the headquarters of the District or in
any of the subdivisions thereof and,
(C) Involving oPension Payment Ordersite transactions at the place where the Head Office of the circle
is situated :-
(1) Extra-district transfers or Treasury/Bank transfers requiring adjustment outside the District, i.e.,
deposits into (or withdrawal from) Treasury/Bank balance either at the District headquarters or in
any of the subdivisions of the District, adjusted not within the District but by the withdrawal (or
deposit) of an equivalent amount from (or into) the currency chest maintain.ed at the Bank at the
place where the head office of the cIrcle is situated.
3. All currency transactions must be reported on currency slips as described in Clause (v) of Paragraph
14 of Part III. These slips should be numbered serially for each financial year to facilitate reference.
Each transaction should be classified in one of the categories described in Instruction No.2.
Transactions of the same class taking place on the same day may be entered in one slip but transactions
of different kinds must always be recorded in separate chest slips. The following instructions should
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also be carefully noted in preparing slips :-
(i) The name of the office to or from which a remittance is sent or received, should be stated.
(ii) Local exchanges must not be confused with the local or Treasury (or Bank) transfers and must be
promptly reported.
(iii)In the case of a local or Extra-district transfer, the place where the Pension Payment Ordersite
transfer takes place should be stated.
(iv)To enable the Treasury (or the Bank) i. e., Extra-district transfers, to be effected at the Issue
Department without delay, separate intimations are sent to the Currency Officer or the Bank, as the
case may be either by letter or by telegram. These intimations should show separately the value of
notes and coin transferred and as these details are entered in the Issue Department accoun1s at the
time, it is essential that there should be no discrepancy between the amount shown in the intimations
and in 1he slips advising the transactions. Delay must also be avoided in carrying out all transfers at
the chest or in sendins slips to the Currency Officer.
4. (1) Slips for actual remittances of treasure, local transfers, local exchanges and Treasury (or the Bank)
transfers should be sent by the Treasury Officer or the Bank direct to the Currency Officer.
(2) Slips for local transfers should always be sent by sub. Treasuries in duplicate to the District Treasury
Officer, who, after making the necessary oPension Payment Ordersite transfer, should retain one
copy of the sub. Treasury chest slip and forward the other copy to the Currency Officer along with
District chest slip reporting the corresponding transfer. The number and date of the District chest
slip should be noted on the accompanying sub-Treasury chest slip or slips, as the case may be. In
such cases however, the sub-Treasury Officer will intimate the transfer by letter to the Currency
Officer in Form T. E. 10 or any other form prescribed by the Currency Officer in order to advise him
of the change in the balance and also to enable him to watch the adjustment at the District Treasury.
5. Transactions of any kind should be avoided as far as possible after the last day for transactions in
each month fixed by the Treasury Officer for each chest within the District so as to ensure that the
last currency slip reaches the Currency Officer by the fourth at the latest of the following month. III
order to avoid differences arising between the balances of the chest as worked out in the head office
and those reported in the monthly verification statement, great care should be taken to avoid any
delay in the despatch of slips. The provisions of Paragraph 15 of Part III regarding the submission
of verification certificates should be strictlyobserved.
6. Amended slips are occasionally received without being called for and without any indication that
they are Amended. The word Revised should always be prominently written in red ink on such
slips, the serial number of the slip remaining unchanged.
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APPENDIX 4
[See T.R. 2.07]
Detailed Rules for inspection of Treasuries
1. Every Collector/Collector-in-Charge and every Treasury Officer shall make inspection of the working
of his Treasury once a year. Normally a period of four months should intervene between the inspection
by the Collector/Collector-in-Charge and that by the Treasury Officer. Collectors shall transmit
their inspection memoranda in duplicate to the Divisional Commissioners. Collectors-in-Charge
and Treasury Officers shall submit the inspection report in duplicate to the Divisional Commissioner
through the Collector. One copy each of the inspection memoranda shall be sent by the Divisional
Commissioner to the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, one copy to the Director of Treasuries
and Accounts, West Bengal and another copy to the Commissioner of Internal Audit, Finance
Department. No date of this inspection can be fixed, as it is not desired that inspection shall be
made on any fixed date. A set of questionnaire for inspection of the Treasuries is appended below.
The attention of inspecting officers is drawn to the importance of satisfying themselves that the
personal assurances which are periodically given by Treasury Officers in the matter of functioning
of the Treasuries, arrangements of double lock, storing of stamps, etc. are strictly and literally
followed according to the provisions of relevant rules.
Note-Collector/Collector-in-Charge is required to conduct this inspection himself and he cannot ask another
officer to conduct the inspection on his behalf.
2. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal shall arrange inspection of the working of
every Treasury once in two years. The Director, the Additional Director, the Joint Directors, the
Deputy Directors and the Assistant Directors along with other inspector under the Directorate of
Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal and officers of the Finance Department shall, by forming
suitable number of team, conduct inspection of all the Treasuries according to the programme to be
drawn up for the purpose. No two officers of the Directorate will inspect the same Treasury in a
particular year unless there are compelling reasons for doing so. The Director of Treasuries and
Accounts, West Bengal shall draw up the programme for inspection by the Inspecting Teams so as
to cover the inspection of all the Treasuries in the State during the span of every two years. The
questionnaire for the inspection would be the same as appended below. One copy of the inspection
report will be forwarded to the Finance Department/Commissioner of Internal Audit, Finance
Department by the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal and another copy of it will be
forwarded to the Accountant General Accounts and Entitlement, West Bengal. The Divisional
Commissioners and the Collectors/Collectors-in-Charge of the concerned Treasuries will also be
informed by sending one copy each of the inspection report.
3. The questionnaire is not exhaustive and the Collectors/Collectors-in-Charge, the Treasury Officers and
other Inspecting Officers shall have full discretion to add other items according to local needs.
Neither the use of the questionnaire nor the inspection carried out by the officers of the Accountant
General (A&E), West Bengal, the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal and, Finance
(Internal Audit) Department should be taken in any way to diminish the Collectors personal
responsibility for the efficient working of the Treasuries. As the inspection must be made as
systematically and thoroughly as possible, it is open to the Inspecting Officers to extend their personal
scrutiny to the points not mentioned in the questionnaire, which in their opinion require such scrutiny.
4. Copy of the inspection report should be forwarded to (a) Finance Department, (b) Accountant General
(A&E), West Bengal, (c) Divisional Commissioner, (d) Collector/Collector-in-Charge, (e) Director
of Treasuries & Accounts, (f) Commissioner of Internal Audit, Finance Department, and (g) Treasury
Officer. Compliance and action taken by Treasury Officer on the observation in inspection report
must be sent by Treasury Officer to the Director of Treasuries & Accounts through Collector/
Collector-in-Charge/ Divisional Commissioner.
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THE QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE INSPECTION
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TREASURY
Name & Designation of the Inspection Officer
Date of Inspection
Period covered by inspection
ADMINISTRATION:
1. Name of the Collector and other officers working in
the Treasury with date of taking over charge.
1) Collector
2) Collector-in-Charge / S.D.O. (in outlying Sub-
Division Only)
3) Treasury Officer
4) Additional Treasury Officer
2. STAFF POSITION:
Sl. Category
No.
1. Accountant / Head Cheque Writer / Jr.
A.O.
2. Additional Accountant
3. Deputy Accountant
4. Upper Division Clerk/Jr. Acctt.
5. Cheque Writer
6. Lower Division Clerk/Pin Point Typist
7. Record Supplier
8. Group D Staff
TOKEN SECTION :
Receipt of bills against tokens
3. Are bills presented to the Treasury through Bill
Transit Register in T.R. Form 6 duly authenticated
by the DDO and Treasury Officer / Kolkata PAO
annually and acknowledgement given on it by the
Treasury indicating token numbers?Are the printed
B.T.R. given by the Treasury?
4. Are the accounts of the tokens, maintained and
verified by the day as per rule? [Rule 7(1) of
Appendix 10 of WBTR]
(For Manual & Host Base Treasury)
5. Is the census of the tokens held in hand made on
the 10
th
day of each month as per rules? [Rule 7(3)
of Appendix 10 of WBTR]
(For Manual & Host Base Treasury)
Receipt of Bills & disposal thereof
6. Is the Register of bills received, passed and cheques
drawn in Annexure A maintained in duplicate
and are the Bills send to D.A. of Bill Sec. with
Annexure-A for receipt? [Rule 1(1) of Appendix
10 of WBTR]
7. Are the bills sent to Cheque Section along with the
duplicate/triplicate copies of the Register in
Annexure A-1 of Appendix 9? Is the Duplicate
copy returned with the signature of the Cheque
Writer in token of acknowledgement? [Rule 3 of
Appendix 10 of WBTR]
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BILL SECTION:
8. Is the signature of the D.D.O. verified by the
Accountant/Additional Accountant/Treasury officer
before passing bills?
9. Whether up-to-date list of D.D.Os. is maintained?
Whether the DDOs., Who are not at present attached
with the Treasury have been deactivated? (for
computerized treasury) :
10. Whether Guard File containing specimen signature of
D.D.Os. is maintained?
Whether specimen signature of DDOs is maintained
in the Computer ? :
11. Whether Allotment Registers are maintained DDO-
wise for salary, TA and Contingent Expenses with all
particulars required? :
12. Whether any bill is passed in anticipation of allotment
(except the standing order of Fin. Dept.)? If so, under whose
order?
(a) Number of outstanding bills in the section on the date
of visit.
(i) Less than 3 days
(ii) 3 days and more
(iii) More than 5 days in case of Kolkata P.A.O.
(b) Reason for delay in disposing of bills within 2/3 days.
(c) Pending for more than 10 days with detail list along
with reason for delay and action taken?
SECURITY PAYMENT
13. Whether provisions of Treasury Rules are followed
properly in case of security/interest repayment?
Whether all the repayments are recorded in Deposit
Register?
(Vide T.R. 4.204 to 4.208)
PENSION:
14. How many pensioners are there on the registers on the
date of inspection? Indicate their number according to
Categories.
Category of the Total No. of
Pensioners Pensioner
(a) State (Civil)
(b) State Adhoc
I State (Freedom Fighter)
(d) Central (Civil/Freedom Fighter
(e) Central (Railway)
(f) Military (i) C.O.
(ii) Un.Co.
(g) Other Categories
(M.P./M.L.A. etc.)
(h) School & Non-Government Institution
(i) Other State Government
(j) Political Sufferer
Total
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15. Whether provisions of Treasury Rules concerning
the payment of pensions of different categories are
properly followed? (Vide T.R. 4.162 to 4.167, 4.170,
4.171, 4.174 to 4.176, 4.178, 4.180 to 4.193)
16. Is the stock register of money order forms
maintained?
17. Are timely steps taken for refund of pension paid
in excess as soon as the fact of death comes to the
notice of the Treasury? What action has been taken
for refund of excess money from Bank/Post Office?
Is the amount of pension received back unpaid from
Bank/Post Office credited properly to the
Government? [Rule 5(1) of Appendix 15 Part B of
WBTR]
18. Is any intimation issued to pensioner due to his
prolonged non-appearance for identification in case
of release of first pension?
19. Has there been any delay in transferring pension
payment orders of the Pensioners to the Banks
concerned?
20. If the six-monthly statement on the cases of failure
on the part of the Pensioners to draw pension sent
duly to the Accountant General (A&E), West
Bengal? (T.R. 4.193) :
21. Is payment made with the authority of Accountant
General (A&E), West Bengal in case of any pension,
which has not been drawn for a period of three years
or six years? (T.R. 4.191) :
22. Is yearly declaration/LC/Other Certificates obtained
from the female/male pensioners?
Is the Pension stopped for non-receipt of L.C.?
23. ACCOUNTS SECTION :
(a) Does the Bank send the daily scrolls with Vouchers/
Challans, etc., regularly on time and the Treasury
return the same after scrutiny on time?
(b) Are the vouchers and other instruments sent in
locked box?
(c) Is the Bank sending two sets of Pass-Book?
(d) Is the Bank sending correct DMS (Daily Monthly
Statement) in Time?
In case of any undue delay, has it been brought to
the notice of the Director of Treasuries & Accounts,
West Bengal [vide sub-rule (3) of T.R. 2.31]? What
are the defects, omissions, discrepancies detected
in the accounts received from the Bank?
(e) Is the Memorandum of Errors being issued for
such defects?
(f) Is the Bank rectifying these defects in time?
(g) Are the daily Bank Scroll being verified with the
computer-generated report?
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(h) Are the Daily Subsidiary Registers being generated
through computer checked with the Vouchers?
24. Are the procedures, as laid down in T.Rs. 2.31, 2.35 &
2.36 and Accounting Rules for Treasuries, 1992 strictly
observed in compilation of accounts?
25. (A)Whether monthly Payment Subsidiary Register and
Receipt Subsidiary Register are being maintained
properly?
(B) Whether 14-digit Head-wise accounts are maintained
in Receipt through computer?
(C) Whether 17/19 digit Head-wise accounts are
maintained for Payment through computer?
Whether the mistakes, if any, are rectified through
computer menu or through back-end?
Whether scheme head wise accounts are maintained
for Receipt Cash Book/Cash Account?
Whether account are maintained Major head wise upto
Major Head 6000 and scheme head wise for major head
above 6000 for Payment Cash Book/List of Payments?
(D) Whether Forest and P.W.D. accounts are maintained
Division wise or not?
(E)Whether CTR/CTI are regularly sent by the concerned
Divisional Officer to the Treasury and the same are
sent back by the Treasury Officer to the said authorities
after verification with treasury records? Whether
backlog in the matter of verification of CTR/CTI has
been/are being cleared as per the existing order of the
Finance Department? If being done, state clearly how
far has been pulled up and balance remaining due for
verification.
(F) Whether the vouchers relating to payment of pension
to the Central Government Pensioners (including ad-
hoc relief to the Pensioners of the Government of
Myanmar), Railway Pensioners, Defence Pensioners,
other state Pensioner have been recorded in proper head
of account?
26. Whether Subsidiary Register of Reserve Bank Deposits
is maintained as per Form No. IST 5 of Accounting
Rules for Treasuries, 1992?
27. Reports, Returns, Statements & Accounts (Covering
period of last twelve months inspection)
Dates of submission of monthly accounts to the office of the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal:
Month Due date Actual date of Delay in days Reason(s) for delay,
of submission submission if any
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Reason of delay, if any, in submission of monthly
accounts to the Office of the Accountant General
(A&E), West Bengal and other authorities.
28. Are the List of Payment, Cash Accounts and verified
date wise monthly statement (VDMS) sent to the
Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal and the
Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts per order
regularly?
29. Are Plus Minus memo of each class of deposits, as
required under Accounting Rules for Treasuries,
1992 rendered to the Accountant General (A&E),
West Bengal and the Directorate of Treasuries &
Accounts?
STAMP
30. Are the provisions of T.R. 2.41 properly followed
in respect of the Security and Safety of the Strong
Room?
31. Is adequate Fire fighting equipment provided? Does
the Local Fire Service Station In-Charge certify it?
32. Are physical verification of Stamps are conducted
regularly as per rules?
33. Are memo of Stamps prepared in conformity with
actual stock of stamps and submitted to concerned
authorities viz. Accountant General (A&E), West
Bengal and Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts,
West Bengal?
34. Are all reports returns, registers and indents prepared
properly in time and submitted to the concerned
authorities?
35. Relating to furnishing of Security by Stamp Clerks
are the provisions of existing GOs and WBFR Vol.
I properly followed?
36. Is disposal of obsolete and damaged stamps made
properly? Details may be given.
CHEQUE
37. Are provisions of Appendix 10 of WBTR properly
followed for making indent, receipt, issue and stock
of Chequebooks?
38. Are concerned provisions of Appendix 10 of WBTR
properly followed for issue, cancellation and re-issue
of cheques?
39. Are provisions of T.R. 2.38 and T.R. 2.42 of WBTR
properly followed in relation to duplicate keys and
other padlocks and keys of Treasury Strong Room
and other Offices attached to the Treasury?
40. Are provisions of T.R. 2.38 and T.R. 2.39 and memo.
no. 11067-F dated 3.11.92 properly followed for
money or other valuables lodged with the Treasury?
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GENERAL
41. Is the accommodation adequate? If not, has any
proposal for additional construction been initiated?
(A separate note containing the latest position of
the construction of the Treasury or the administrative
building may please be furnished)
42. Are the following facilities: available in the Treasury
Complex?
(a) Alternative arrangement in case of power failure
(i.e. emergency light)
(b) Waiting Hall for pensioners
(c) Drinking water and toilet facilities for the staff and
outsiders
43. Are Boards indicating the location and various sections
of the Treasury put at prominent places in the Treasury
building for guidance of visitors? :
44. Whether any Guard file/ Register of Inspection notes
is maintained? Are the Guard Files of circulars/notes/
notification / orders etc. issued from time to time by
the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, Finance
Department and other authorities maintained? Are the
corrections to all books of reference in use updated?
45. Has the treasury a record room of its own? If yes, is the
Record room in good condition? Is it waterproof,
protected from white ants, and kept clean? Is it lighted
sufficiently? How is the fire fighting arrangement?
46. Is the Attendance Register maintained properly? It is
being closed monthly and does it agree with the casual
leave and other admissible leave accounts? :
47. Are all the forms/ stationeries/ cheque/ foils/ printed
Challan etc. as required in the Treasury available? Are
Stock Books of these stationeries maintained properly?
P.L.ACCOUNT AND OTHER ACCOUNTS OF SIMILAR
NATURE
48. How many P.L. (Banking nature) accounts are operating
in the Treasury?
a) P.L. Account in favour of Government Officer u/h of
Account 8443
b) L.F.Account of Local Fund authorities u/h of Account
8448
c) Provident Fund Deposit Account, u/h 8336-
P.F.D.Account
d) Other Deposit Account of Non-Government Institutions
u/h 8449 and 8342
e) Are the Schematic Registers maintained as per the
existing Government Orders?
f) Are the Secondary Institutions-wise Ledger Folios
maintained in respect of PFD Accounts, as per the
existing Government Orders?
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49. Are there any banking nature accounts, which are
not operated for more than three complete account
years? If so, has any steps been taken to close such
accounts? [sub-rule (2) of T.R. 6.08]
50. Are plus minus memo in respect of all the deposit
accounts prepared and sent along with the monthly
accounts to the Accountant General (A&E), West
Bengal and Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts,
West Bengal?
51. Are the passbooks received from all the authorities
administering the Deposit Account, P.L. Account,
Local Fund Accounts, PFD Accounts every month
and does the Treasury Officer make up-to-date
entries?
52. Are monthly verification of the balance at credit of
the above-mentioned account made? Are there cases
of non-submission of pass books to the Treasury
for consecutive period of three months? If so, has
the Treasury Officer withheld further payment in
such cases until the passbooks are presented and
brought up-to-date? (G.O. No. 13092 dated 1.11.83)
CHEQUE SECTION
53. Does Cheque Writer countersign the counterfoil/
duplicate copy in case of Computer Cheque of the
Cheque forms?
Are the accounts of Bill received and cheque printed
being monitored by the ATO daily ?
54. Is the account of the cheques prepared daily at the
end of the transaction by the D.A. and scrutinised
by the Cheque Writer and the Additional Treasury
Officer regularly? Are these recorded properly in
the relevant register? (Rule 5(16) and clause (ii) of
rule 5(17) Appendix 10 of WBTR). Are undelivered
cheques counted and verified properly each day and
kept under double lock system?
55. Are the statements, as required under rules 5(10),
5(12) & 5(14) of Appendix 10 of WBTR, sent
regularly to the Accountant General (A&E), West
Bengal?
56. Is the prescribed procedure followed in respect of
issue of new cheques in lieu of time-barred,
damaged or lost cheques [Rules 5(9) to 5(14) of
Appendix 10 of WBTR]
57. Is the account of the blank cheques maintained as
per rule 4(4) of Appendix 10 of WBTR ?
58. Is the amount and name of payee as recorded in the
paid cheques verified with reference to records kept
in Computer/Registers of Cheque delivered?
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59. Is the list of Outstanding Cheques prepared and sent
to the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal?
[Rule 6(1) of Appendix 10 of WBTR]
PREVIOUS INSPECTION NOTES:
60. How fare have the defects and omissions pointed out by
Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal,
Collector, Sub-Divisional Officer, Treasury Officer, Audit
Officer and Other Inspecting Officers been rectified?
Name of the Inspecting Date of Paras drawn Paras settled Paras
Inspection outstanding
61. Has reply to the Inspection Report of the Audit sent to the
Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal?
A detail Status report regarding the reply of all outstanding
with reason for non-submission of reply should be
furnished,
62. Is the Register for advance drawal maintained and closing
balance of the unadjusted advance brought forward each
year in next page DDO-wise in terms of Para 2(4) of
Finance Department Order No. 9510-F dated 9.5.83?
63. Is the report showing the details where adjustment bills
against advances drawn by the Drawing & Disbursing
Officers have not been received within six months, sent
to the Finance Department and DTA, WB? (G.O. No.
9510-F dated 09.05.1983). An upto-date DDO-wise list
of unadjusted advances may be furnished. Steps taken for
liquidation of outstanding adjustments should be stated.
64. Is every Revenue Deposit recorded in Register of Receipt?
Is every repayment of Revenue Deposit noted under the
dated initial of the Treasury Officer in the Register of
Receipt as well as Refund of Deposit Register? (T.R. 6.12)
65. Is up-to-date lapsed deposit statement prepared and
forwarded to the Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal
by 15
th
of April each year?
66. Is repayment of lapsed deposit recorded in the Register
of Receipt as well as Refund of Deposit Register under
authentication of T.O.? (T.R. 6.19)
67. Report on Computerised Treasury Management System
a) Whether the Registers of Stock for Computer Appliances
such as Hardware, O.S., Installation C.D./Floppy, and
Stationery are maintained properly? Whether the
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Installation C.D./Floppy are kept properly? (vide
Appendix 10 Part B)
b) Whether the Register of Call Book for maintenance
of Hardware and Software are maintained properly?
(vide Appendix 10 Part B)
c) Whether the backup is regularly taken at the end of
each day by the T.O.? (vide Appendix 10 Part B)
d) Whether a register of period of shut down of computer
arising due to failure of Hardware/Software is
maintained? (vide Appendix 10 Part B)
e) Whether accounts are being generated from computer
or not? If not, reason thereof.
f) Name of the Hardware Vendor
g) Name of the Software Developer
h) Whether adequate support received from the Vendor
and Software Developer?
i) Whether all the packages have been loaded and
working properly?
j) Whether the back up for the Software (Server and
client) including O.S. has been taken in DAT through
software vendor ?
k) Whether there is adequate space in the Tables and in
the Hard Disk? (To be enquired through Software/
Hardware vendor)
l) Whether archival of the old data have been made?
Whether the archived data have been preserver in
DAT/CD properly?
m)Whether correct allotments are entered detail head wise
and DDO wise in computer?
n) Whether the sub-allotment are reduced properly in
computer?
o) Whether uniform head of accounts are maintained for
Deposit Receipt and corresponding Deposit Payments?
p) Whether full heads of accounts with descriptions as
per Budget Books have been entered in the master
table? (No bill should be returned for non-entry of
any head of account in master table.)
q) Whether all the Receipt Challans and paid vouchers
of the bank are entered in computer and verified
properly?
r) Whether the DDO wise monthly Receipt and Payment
statements are sent to each DDO and certificate of
correctness received from each DDO?
s) Whether separate ID is allotted for separate category
of Pensioner?
t) Whether separate ID is allotted for each label/sheet of
Stamps?
u) Whether original cheque cancellation certificate issued
by TO is furnished by the DDO with the fresh bill
against cancelled cheque?
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v) Whether Treasury copy of sanction memo is enfaced by
TO at the time of payment?
w) Whether the User-ID is given in the name of the user and
not in designation and is deactivated at the time of transfer/
retirement of the user?
x) Whether Bill objection, cheque delivery, cheque
cancellation etc. are made through computer?
y) Whether monthly accounts are closed in computer after
submission of monthly accounts?
z) Whether the back-end corrections are done after approval
from Jt. DTA?
68. For Treasuries not yet computerised:
a) Whether Estimate for Civil and Electrical works have been
sent to DTA?
b) Whether allotment has been received for that purpose?
c) Whether civil work has been completed?
Whether Electrical work has been completed?
69. SPECIAL COMMENTS, IF ANY
Date:
SIGNATURE OF THE OFFICER CONDUCTING INSPECTION
SPECIAL COMMENTS, IF ANY
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APPENDIX 5
[See T.R. 3.15 & 4.023]
Special Rules for (i) P. W. Directorate, (ii) I. & W. Directorate and other Directorates executing Public
Works and (iii) Forest Directorate.
Part I P. W. Directorate, I. & W. Directorate and other Directorates/Departments executing Public
Works.
Introductory
1. The Rules in this part shall apply primarily to offices in the Directorates/Departments engaged in execution
of Public Works in relation to their transaction with the Treasuries as well as Banks and where payments to
these Officers are made within the ceiling of the expenditure intimated in the form of letter of credit. At
present these Rules are applicable to the following works-executing Departments/Directorates where the
letter of credit is controlled by the Chief Engineer and Head of Directorate mentioned against each subject
to the approval of the Finance Department. The letter of credit is issued in favour of the Executive Engineers
or other Officers declared as the Public Works disbursers on the basis of authorisation made by the respective
Departments in consultation with the Finance Department and the Accountant-General. These rules do not
apply to charges for petty construction and repairs executed by the Officers of the Department within their
delegated powers in terms of Item 3 of Schedule A, to the Delegation of Financial Power Rules, 1977.
In their application to Treasuries the cash business of which is conducted by the banks these rules are
subject to provisions of Chapter 2 of W.B.T.R.
Sl. Public Works Executing Heads Directorates
No. Deptartments/Directorates
1. Public Works Directorate Chief Engineer
2. Public Works (Roads) Directorate Chief Engineer
3. Public Works (Construction Board) Directorate Chief Engineer
4. Water Resource Development Directorate Chief Engineer - I
5. Housing Directorate Chief Engineer
6. Public Health Engineering Directorate Chief Engineer {Mechanical /
Electrical (ME)}
7. State Water Investigation Directorate Director
8. Urban Development Department Chief Engineering Advisor (CEA)
9. Sundarban Development Board Project Director
10. Public Works (Electrical) Directorate Chief Engineer (Electrical) - I
11. Irrigation and Waterways Directorate Chief Engineer - I
12. Water Investigation and Development Department Deputy Secretary (CADP)
13. Urban Development Department, I & CP Branch OSD & Deputy Secretary
14. Municipal Engineering Directorate Chief Engineer
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2. The Treasury Officers/Banks are prohibited from making any payment for the disbursement by any
Executive Engineer or Officer acting as public works disbursers except in accordance with the rules in this
part.
Remittance to the Treasury
3. Moneys received by the Officers of the Engineering Departments/Directorates shall be paid as soon as
possible into the nearest treasury-link bank for credit under head of account 8782-00-102-Public Works
Remittances-001-Remittances into Treasuries.
Note :-Recoveries on account of rent of public buildings borne in the books of the Public Works Department
or Irrigation & Waterways Department or Housing Department or other Works-Executing Departments
include rents of electric installation, water supply, other special services as also occupiers shares of tax
etc., when such recoveries are made by deductions from pay bills of Government Employee and transfer-
credited to the appropriate receipt head of the Government.
4. No deposit account can be opened in a Treasury by an officer executing public work by Government
money and all remittances made by him or on his account must be credited to the treasury accounts as
8782-00-102-Public Works Remittances-001-Remittances into Treasuries.
5. A public work disburser shall make remittance in T.R.Form No.7 in which he will enter all the particulars
of remittance. The T.R.Form No.7 shall accompany the cash/cheques, etc. and the Challan shall be receipted
by the Bank linked to the concerned Treasury without the intervention of the Treasury Officer.
Note :- A copy of the challans meant for the departmental officer on whose behalf the remittance has been
made will be sent to the officer concerned by the Treasury when they are received from the bank along with
daily accounts.
Drawing from Treasury/Bank
6. Funds may be supplied to the authorised public works disburser of the Department/Directorates:-
(i) Directly by the Treasury on salary (other than wages for works), travel expenses, office expenses, other
charges, loans and advances from G.P.F. / G.I.S.S., etc. (not related to works) and
(ii) by cheques drawn on the bank within the ceiling of expenditure indicated in the form of letter of credit
by the Chief Engineer or the Head of the Directorate, as the case may be; all the charges mentioned above
in respect of work charged establishment shall be drawn against L.O.C.
These two classes of payments will be recorded separately in the Treasuries in separate registers.
Note :-This rule is not applicable to charges for petty construction and repairs executed by Civil Officers
which are debitable against the service head of department concerned within the grant/appropriation and
allotment of fund.
7. (i) Salary bills and bills for drawal of charges on account of office expenses and other charges (i. e.
contingent bills), withdrawals from G.P.F., final payment of G.P.F./G.I.S.S. etc., for regular establishment
shall be cashed by the Treasury Officer only after the officer presenting the bills has been placed in account
with him specifically for this purpose by a written authority from the Accountant General (Accounts and
Entitlement), West Bengal, issued on the basis of a Govt. order. In the matter of encashing these bills, the
treasury will exercise such checks as are exercised in respect of similar claims by other Drawing & Disbursing
Officers.
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(ii) At the option of the public works disbursers, the amount indicated in the bill shall be paid by cheque for
the purpose of obtaining bank drafts for remittances to outlying places.
(iii) Charges on account of the work-charged establishment shall be drawan by the public works disburser
out of the fund made available through Letter Of Credit issued by the Heads of the Works departments as
enumerated in the para 1 hereinabove. The Letter Of Credit to be issued by the Heads of the Departments/
Directorates shall be addressed to the Branch managers of the banks with which the public works disbursers
have been placed in account for the purpose. Copies of the Letter Of Credit shall be endorsed by the
Letter Of Credit issuing authority to the concerned Treasury Officer who shall fill up the relevant columns
of the Letter Of Credit register as prescribed in T.R 4.052 from the copies of the Letter Of Credit
received by him from the authorities. It is the duty of the public works disbursers/ Letter Of Credit
operator to ensure that the expenditures incurred for the work charged establishment are within the available
credit balance in the respective Letter Of Credit account.
(iv) The Letter Of Credit cheque book issued by one treasury should never be used for withdrawal of
fund from the Letter Of Credit account maintained at a bank which is other than the link bank of the
treasury which issued the Letter Of Credit cheque book.
Cheques
8. Executive Engineers and other officers who are declared as public works disbursers in respect of works
executing Directorates or Departments and who are so authorised by the Accountant General (Accounts
and Entitlement), West Bengal, in accordance with the departmental regulation, may draw cheques on
specified Bank(s) within the ceiling of expenditure as intimated in the form of letter of credit by the concerned
Chief Engineer/Head of Directorate. Fund so obtained by them for works expenditure is covered by a bill
or a regular authority and the Accountant of the division (the Divisional Accountant / Divisional Accounts
Officer) examines the charges before drawal. The relevant bill or authority is not required to be presented
to the treasury along with LOC cheque for drawing the fund. The bank will pay within the letter of credit
issued to it by the Chief Engineer or the Head of Directorate. The letter of credit issued usually lapses at the
close of the financial year in which it is issued and a cheque drawn before the end of the year but paid on a
subsequent date shall be taken against the letter of credit of the year in which it was drawn.
Subordinate Officers
9. (1). A Divisional Officer authorised to draw cheques on the Bank may issue a cheque in favour of Sub-
divisional Officers to encash the same against his own account. Separate accounts for Sub-divisional Officers
shall not be opened at a Bank. The cheques issued by the Divisional Officer shall be paid by the bank within
the ceiling of expenditure as indicated in the letter of credit of the issuing authority and the same will be
dealt with in the same way as if drawn by himself.
(2). The drawing and disbursing officer/public works disburser of the division may draw salary of a sub-
division under his/her division and remit the salary drawn from the treasury with which he/she has been
placed in account for the purpose by purchasing bank draft on government account to the Assistant Engineer-
in-charge at least seven days before the close of month to ensure timely disbursement of salary of the staff
of the sub-division which is located within the jurisdiction of a treasury other than the treasury within
whose jurisdiction the Divisional Office is located. The DDO/Public works disburser shall maintain the
required bill register, bill transit register etc., as applicable to other DDOs of the civil departments for
drawal of fund from a treasury.
Certificate of Total Issues
(CTI)
10.(a) The Amount of each paid LOC cheque incorporated in the treasury monthly accounts must be
recorded in T. R. Form No. 63, and sent to the Divisional Engineer monthly by the Treasury Officer who
shall get the particulars of cheques encashed posted in TR form no 63 from the register of cheques encashed
maintained in the treasury for each works division and sign the schedule in token of authentication of the
entries made by his/her treasury in the form. Simultaneously the Treasury Officer shall furnish a certificate
in the following format with the schedule.
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I hereby certify that the total issues made from this treasury on cheques drawn against the account of the
Officer-in-charge.Division, during.(month/year) amounted to
Rs.(in words)...
(b) In case of the computerized treasuries a copy of the computer-generated report of the payment register
of cheques encashed under head 8782-00-102-Public Works Remittances-002-Public Works Cheques
for each works division for each month may be furnished to the divisional engineer concerned with the
necessary certificate as prescribed hereinabove. The said copy of the register as furnished by the treasury
may be treated by the divisional engineer as the Certificate of Treasury Issues for the purpose of the divisional
accounts and submission to the Accountant General (A&E) West Bengal as an enclosure of the Schedule
of monthly settlement with treasuries in CPWA form 51.
Monthly Settlement
11. The Divisional Officer should obtain from the treasury the certificate of consolidated Treasury Issues
in respect of cheques encashed during the previous month , prepare the Schedule of Monthly settlement
with treasuries in CPWA form 51 for submission to the accounts officier with the monthly works accounts
and also the Consolidated Treasury Receipts in respect of remittances sent by him and his subordinates
during the previous month duly signed by the Treasury Officer. The Divisional Engineer/Divisional
Accountant shall verify the Treasury Issues and the Consolidated Treasury Receipts sent to him by the
Treasury Officer for the previous month in T. R. Forms No. 63 and 64 with reference to his/her office
records.
Supplemental
12. Subject to the above general provisions, supplementary instructions for the guidances of
departmental officers may be laid down by departmental regulations
Part II Forest Department
Introductory I
1. The rules in this part are intended primarily for the guidance of Forest Officers in their dealings with
Treasuries and of Treasury Officers in dealing with the transactions of those officers. They are equally
applicable to any other officer not belonging to the Forest Department who may be authorised to incur
expenditure against Forest grants.
Remittances to the Treasury
2. Moneys received by officers of the Forest Department shall be paid as soon as possible into the nearest
Treasury-link bank for credit under the head of account 8782-00-103-Forest Remittances-001-Remittance
into Treasuries-Hd-I.
Note :-Earnest money deposits tendered by contractors or purchasers of forest produce should be paid by
them direct into the Treasury, where they will be credited to the head 8443-Civil Deposit-Security Deposits,
etc. and not to Forest Remittances. Refunds of these deposits will be regulated by T. R. 6.13.
3. The Bank shall receive Forest Revenue-
(i) when paid in by a Forest Officer; or
(ii) when the challan (T. R. Form No.7) is countersigned by a Forest Officer under
T. R. 3.06 ; or
(iii) when Treasury Officer is specially authorised to receive it. In such cases, a copy of the challan shall be
forwarded by the Treasury Officer direct to the Divisional Forest Officer, in order that the revenue may be
brought to account in the books of the later.
Monthly Settlement
4. A consolidated receipt in T. R. Form No. 64 for the Forest Remittances received and credited
during the month shall be furnished by the Treasury Officer by the 1
st
week of the following month to the
Divisional Forest Officer for verification.
Note :- Under the directions contained in the Accounting Rules for Treasuries,1992, a simple schedule of
Forest Remittances showing separately the cash received from each Forest Officer and incorporated in the
consolidated Treasury receipt will be prepared every month by the Treasury Officer for submission to the
Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement)West Bengal.
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Drawings from the Treasury
5. Officers-in-Charge of Forest Divisions are authorised to obtain funds required for departmental
disbursements by drawing cheques on Banks with which they may be placed in account by the Accountant
General (Accounts and Entitlement), West Bengal. No letter of credit will be issued specifying the limit up
to which such cheques may be drawn.
6. The Bank may cash a cheque issued in favour of a Range Officer against the drawing account of a
Divisional Officer.
7. A Divisional Officer may frequently require fund at a Bank other than that with which the Divisional
Officer banks. In such cases the Divisional Officer may be placed in account with that Bank, fund being,
drawn in the usual manner against the drawing account of the Division.
8. The leave-salary of officers of the Forest Directorate shall be drawn in the same manner as the salary of
the duty post is drawn. The officer going on leave may request for remittance of salary to him by a demand
draft or he may arrange for collection of the leave-salary in the manner as may be convenient for him.
9. In case of the computerized treasuries a copy of the computer-generated report of the payment register of
cheques encashed under head 8782-00-103-Forest Remittance-002-Forest Cheques-Hd-II for each forest
division for each month may be furnished to the divisional forest officer concerned with the necessary
certificate as prescribed hereinabove. The said copy of the register as furnished by the treasury may be
treated by the divisional forest officer as the Certificate of Treasury Issues for the purpose of the divisional
accounts and submission to the Accountant General (A&E) West Bengal as an enclosure of the consolidated
Issue-cum-schedule.
Supplemental
10. The provisions of this part may be varied or supplemented to such extent as may be deemed necessary
by Government after consultation with the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal.
Guidelines for Treasury Officers :
1. In case of PWD Division The codal provisions as laid down in CPWA code and Part-I hereinabove are
as follows :- The Treasury Officer shall arrange to furnish to the Divisional Officer concerned Certificate of
Total Issue (CTI) in the form specified in Rule-10 of Part-I hereinabove every month. The Divisional
Officer shall obtain from the Treasury Officer the Certificate of Total Issue (CTI) and reconcile the Treasury
figures with the Divisional figures.
2. The Treasury Officer shall also furnish to the Divisional Engineer/Officer concerned a Consolidated
Treasury Receipt (CTR) in T.R. Form No.64 duly filled in with information on all the remittances accounted
for in the treasury for the Division during the month for verification by the Divisional Engineer/Officer.
3. In case of the Divisional Officer of Forest Department the Treasury Officer concerned shall furnish to the
Divisional Officers a copy of the consolidated treasury receipt for forest cash remittances in TR Form
No.64 and may also furnish an extract of the register of Forest Cheques (From IST-II) duly signed.
4. In case of the computerized treasuries, each Executive Engineer / Divisional Forest Officer attached with
the treasury shall be provided with an Operator-Code by the treasury. The concerned Executive Engineer
/ Divisional Forest Officer must mention the Operator-Code in every Cheque and Challan issued/deposited
by them. The Treasury Officer must capture the Operator-Code in the computer while recording PWD/
Forest Paid-Cheque or Challan. Copy of the computer-generated report of the payment for cheques encashed
for each works / forest division for every month shall be furnished by the Treasury Officer to the concerned
Executive Engineer / Divisional Forest Officer. Similarly, the copy of the computer-generated report of
receipt for each works / forest division for every month shall be furnished by the Treasury Officer to the
concerned Executive Engineer / Divisional Forest Officer. The said copies of the reports as furnished by
the treasury shall be treated by the Executive Engineer / Divisional Forest Officer as the Certificate of
Treasury Issues (CTI) and Certificate of Treasury Receipt (CTR), as the case may be, for the purpose of the
works / divisional accounts and submission to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement), West
Bengal as an enclosure of the schedule of monthly settlement with treasuries in CPWA form 51.
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APPENDIX 6
[See clause2 (a) of T. R. 2.39]
Rules regarding receipt, custody and delivery of duplicate keys deposited into Treasury by the
Branch Manager of a Branch of a Public Sector Bank.
1. If the Branch Manager of a branch of the Public Sector Bank at which Treasury work is conducted,
wishes to deposit the duplicate keys of the strong room or currency chest in the Government Treasury, the
Branch Manager or other Officer-in-Charge of the branch of the Public Sector Bank shall personally deliver
a sealed packet purporting to contain such duplicate keys to the Treasury Officer of the concerned Treasury
and obtain a receipt from the Treasury Officer.
2. The receipt of the Treasury Officer shall merely acknowledge the receipt of a sealed packet and
before signing the receipt the Treasury Officer shall satisfy himself that the seals are intact.
3. On receipt of the sealed packet, the Treasury Officer will place the same in double locks and enter
the transaction in a register, preferably the register of valuables in T. R. Form No. 3 such register will
contain a column for description in which the Treasury Officer will note with his own hand the number of
seals and date of consignment to double locks.
4. The sealed packet shall not be taken out of double locks except on personal application by the
Branch Manager or other Officer-in-Charge of the branch of the Public Sector Bank, and by the Branch
Head Cashier (or his duly appointed representative). On such joint application the Treasury Officer shall
deliver the sealed packet to the Branch Manager or other Officer and Head Cashier only and then on
receiving back the receipt given by him for the sealed packet under Rule I as well as obtaining the joint
receipt of the Branch Manager or other Officer and Head Cashier for the sealed packet.
5. The Branch Manager or other Officer-in-Charge of the branch of the Public Sector Bank shall
periodically and in any case at periods of not less than six months, verify the presence of the sealed packet
in the double locks of the Treasury and shall satisfy himself that the seals arc intact.
6. The Treasury Officer shall periodically verify, and in any case at periods of not less than six
months, the presence of the sealed packet and satisfy himself that the seals are intact. He shall also verify its
presence whenever there is a change in the charge of the Treasury. In the latter case the outgoing and
incoming Treasury Officer shall personally hand over and take over charge of the sealed packet and shall
sign the register mentioned in Rule 3 to this effect.
Rules for the safe custody of the duplicate keys of banks
7. Treasuries at places where there are no branches of the State Bank of India should offer facilities
to Public Sector Banks for the safe custody of sealed packets purporting to contain duplicate keys of these
banks subject to the same precautions as are taken while accepting articles for safe custody in Treasuries
provided there is a suitable strong room in the Treasury with adequate accommodation for the deposit of
sealed packets. The following conditions should also be fulfilled before the acceptance of such sealed
packets ;-
(a) a flat rate of Rs. 50 per year or a part thereof per packet containing the duplicate keys of banks
irrespective of the size of the packet will be charged from the bank availing of the facility;
(b) the packets to be accepted for safe custody by the Treasuries should invariably be sealed properly
before handing it over to the Treasuries;
(c) the Government should have the option either to accept or to reject the duplicate keys of a particular
bank;
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(d) the Government or any of its officers should not be held responsible for the loss of sealed packets
containing duplicate keys either through destruction by fire or by theft, fraud or any other cause
including negligence of its employees.
8. The banks will be permitted to withdraw the keys temporarily and no extra charge will be levied
for that purpose provided the keys are re-deposited with the Treasury before the close of business of the day
on which it is withdrawn.
9. A fee of Rs. 10/- shall be charged in cases where the duplicate keys are not re-deposited on the
same day on which they are withdrawn but are re-deposited within a period of seven days counting from the
date of withdrawal. If, however, they are re-deposited after seven days, the transaction shall be treated as a
fresh deposit and a charge of Rs. 50/- shall be levied.
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APPENDIX 7
[See clause 2 (c) of T. R. 2.39]
Rules for Safe Custody of non-Treasury padlocks and keys and duplicate keys of such locks
1. Every padlock of cash chests or almirahs containing valuable documents shall have a number impressed
upon it or attached to it by a metal or other label, and the same number shall be impressed on or attached to
each key belonging to it.
Note :- The term padlocks includes also the self locks of iron safes and steel almirahs used for
keeping cash and valuables.
2. (a) All spare padlocks of Collectorate with their keys and all duplicate keys of locks in use in offices
situated at the headquarters of a district, Sub-divisional Offices and other outlying offices in the
district shall be sent to the Treasury Officer for safe custody in a convenient small container/packet
which can be opened easily.
(b) The padlocks and keys sent to the Treasury Officer for safe custody shall be sent with a forwarding
letter mentioning the numbers of the padlocks and the keys so sent.
(c) The Treasury Officer shall send receipts direct to the officers concerned after the necessary entries
have been made in his register.
3. A register of all padlocks and keys received for safe custody by the Treasury Officer shall be maintained
in the following form :-
Date From No. No. of Name of Initials Date of No. and Initial of Remarks
of whom borne duplicate office of the removal date of the
receipt received by keys using Treasury of any order Treasury
pad- received the Officer duplicate sanctioning Officer
locks padlocks recieving keys the removing
and removal the key
key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
4. The padlocks and keys received by the Treasury Officer shall be kept in a special box in the Treasury
in the custody of that Officer.
5. (a) At least once every three months, and whenever the charge of the Treasury is transferred, all padlocks
with their keys and all duplicate keys in the custody of the Treasury Officer shall be examined by
him, and a certificate that they have been found to be correct shall be recorded in the register.
(b) The Collector or Collector-in-Charge shall examine and verify the entries once a year during his
annual inspection.
6. (a) If any key in use is lost the lock shall be opened unless otherwise directed by the head of the office
with a duplicate key obtained from the Treasury Officer, and the lock and the key shall then be
withdrawn from use.
(b) A duplicate key shall be issued by the Treasury Officer when the requisition for it is signed by the
head of the office concerned.
(c) No local mechanic shall be allowed to repair a padlock except under the personal supervision of the
head of the office. Where such local supervision is not possible or where there is doubt as to the
safety of the operation of repair, a new lock and key shall be brought into use. A new key shall in no
case be made locally.
Note :- The duplicate keys of the padlocks of the offices in Kolkata may be lodged for safe custody either
with the Kolkata Collectorate Treasury or with the Alipore Treasury No. I, South 24-Parganas.
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APPENDIX 8
[See T. R. 4.134]
Rules for Secret Service Expenditure
1. When an allotment is placed at the disposal of on Officer for secret service, the Officer concerned
shall maintain a register [as mentionined in West Bengal Financial Rules] in which the date and amount of
each bill shall be entered with a note of the progressive expenditure. Within the allotment, the Officer may
draw bills in T. R. form No. 26 for such sums as may be necessary. Such bills need not be supported by
vouchers.
2. The general control of expenditure incurred against the allotment shall be vested in the officer
aforesaid who shall be responsible for the expenditure and shall ensure that accounts are duly maintained
and that payments have been properly made for the purpose for which the appropriation has been made.
3. The Officer aforesaid shall maintain in the form of a cash book a secret record of the expenditure
and receipts (if any) connected with the allotments. This record shall contain the amount and the date of
cash payment and such indication of its nature as the Officer mentioned in Para 4 below may consider
necessary in order to enable him to discharge the responsibility placed upon him by that para. The amount
drawn from the treasury as secret service expenses shall be entered in the cash book on the receipt side,
number and date of bill being noted against the entry.
4. In respect of each officer authorised to incur secret service expenditure, the Administrative
Department shall nominate, in consultation with Finance Department, a Controlling Officer who shall
conduct at least once in every financial year, a sufficiently real administrative audit of the expenditure
incurred and furnish a certificate to the Accountant-General in the following form not later than the 30
th
June, following the year to which it relates :
1 hereby certify that the amount actually expended by me or under my authority for secret service
in the year ending the 3lst of March was Rs. ____________ and that the balance in hand on the said 31st
March, was Rs. ___________ and that this balance was surrendered by short drawing in the first bill
presented during the year and I declare that the above payments on secret service have been made in the
public interest out of secret service funds and that they were properly made.
5. The accounts of Secret Service expenditure shall not be subjected to scrutiny by the audit authority.
6. With reference to expenditure in Police Officers the procedure will be as follows :
Inspector General of Police, West Bengal and Commissioner of Police, Kolkata will make sub-allotment
respectively to different Deputy Inspector Generals and Deputy Commissioners who will maintain necessary
registers and draw money.
The Assistant Inspector General and the Deputy Commissioner head-quarters will make a thorough audit
of expenditure incurred by Deputy Inspector Generals and Deputy Commissioners and thereafter Inspector
General of Police, West Bengal & Commissioner of Police, Kolkata respectively will furnish the certificate
in proper form.
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APPENDIX 9
[See T.R. 4.032]
Different Classes of Receipts exempt from Stamp Duty
Note:- The contents of this appendix have no validity except in so far as they reproduce the exact wording
or represent correctly the meaning of the relevant Act, rule or order by which the exemptions have
been granted. No doubtful case should be decided except by reference to the appropriate Act, rule
or order, as the case may be and if necessary, to the Government.
The following items are exempt from Stamp Duty
1. Receipt given by or on behalf of or in favour of the Government of India.
2. Receipt on cheques.
Note ;-Receipt on income-tax refund orders falls within this category.
3. Receipt given for payment of interest on Government Promissory Notes.
4. Receipt for pensions or allowances by persons receiving such pensions or allowances in respect of
their service as non-Commissioned or Petty Officers, Soldiers, Sailors or Airmen, and not serving
the Governments in India in any other capacity.
Note:-The expression Soldiers/Airmen used in this appendix includes persons below the rank of non-
Commissioned Officers who are en- rolled under the Indian Army Act, 1911/Indian Air Force Act,
1932.
5. Receipt or bill of lading issued by a Railway Company or Administration or an Inland Steamer Company
or an Air Transport Company for the fare for the conveyance of passengers or goods or both or
animals or for any charges incidental to the conveyance thereof or given to such Company or
Administration or Inland Steamer Company for the refund of an overcharge made in respect of such
fare or charges.
5A. Receipt given by a Railway or Administration or an Inland Steamer Company, for money received by
it from another Railway Company or Administration or Inland Steamer Company or from Tramway
Company or other carrying Company on account of its share of fares or freight for the conveyance in
through traffic of passengers or goods or both or of animals.
5B. Receipt of Bill of lading issued by the Commercial Carrying Limited, for the fare for the conveyance
of passengers or goods or both or receipt given by the said Company for the refund of an overcharge
made in respect of such fare.
6. Receipt for pay or allowances by non-Commissioned or Petty Officers, Soldiers, Sailors or Airmen of
Military, Naval or Air Forces and those of the irregular corps when serving in such capacity, or by
Mounted Police Constables.
7. Receipts given by holders of family certificates in cases where the person from whose pay or allowances
the sum comprised in the receipt has been assigned is a non-Commissioned or Petty Officers, Soldiers,
Sailors or Airmen of any of the said Forces and serving in such capacity.
8. Receipt given for pension or allowances paid by the Government to an heir of a deceased non-
Commissioned Officers or Petty Officers, Soldiers, Sailors or Airmen of Military, Naval or Air Forces.
9. Receipt for any payment of money without consideration, such as receipt for grant-in-aid bills, for
fees paid to Barristers-at-Law, for scholarships, and for refund by Hospitals of advance payments
made by patients.
Note:- The receipt for fees paid to advocates through a briefing or instructing Government Solicitor or
Advocate need not also be stamped.
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10. Receipt for payments of free grants made by Government from State revenues to Municipalities,
District Boards and other local bodies for objects of the nature noted below ;-
(i) Augmenting the resources of the local bodies.
(ii) Establishing an equilibrium between receipts and expenditure.
(iii) Contribution towards the maintenance or equipments of Schools and Hospitals.
(iv) Contributions towards improvement of roads or water supply.
(v) Contributions towards gratuitous relief in famine stricken areas.
11. All other grants for educational, charitable and religious purposes.
12. Receipts granted for adjustments between State and Local Funds.
13. Receipt for payments of rent by a. cultivator on account of land assessed to Government revenue.
14. Receipt for advances made by Government under the Agriculturists Loans Act, 1884 (Act 12 of
1884).
15. Receipt given by a headman or lambardar for land revenue or taxes collected by him.
16. Receipt endorsed on instruments executed by or on behalf of any society for the time being registered
or deemed to be registered under the West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1973, or instruments
executed by any officer or member of any such society relating to the business of the society.
17. Such other receipts or class of receipts as may be legally exempt from stamp duty.
18. Receipt given by, or on behalf of, a depositor in a Post Office Savings Bank for a sum of money
withdrawn from any such Bank.
19. Receipt endorsed by the payee on a Postal Money Order or given by the payee to the Post Office for
a sum paid to him in adjustment of a short or wrong payment of such an order.
20. Receipt endorsed by the holder of a Post Office cash certificate at the time of its discharge.
21. Receipt given by an officer of the Indian Posts and Telegraphs Department in respect of a sum paid to
him by the Government as an advance for the purchase of railway or steamer tickets.
22. Receipt for payments made by or on behalf of Government of India -. or any State Government.
23. Receipt given by a person, for advance exceeding Rs. 20 received by him from the State Government
under the Agriculturists loans Act, 1884 (Act 12 of 1884).
Note ;-1. Cash Memorandum issued by tradesmen for sales against cash payment are not treated as receipts
within the meaning of Section 2(23) of the Indian Stamp Act (Act 2 of 1899) and need not be stamped
even if the amount exceeds Rs. 5000 unless they contain any acknowledgement of the receipt of
money from the purchasers as named therein of the price of the articles sold.
Note :-2. The following documents do not come under any of the exemptions mentioned above but are
chargeable with stamp duty under the general rules :-
(a) Receipts signed by a Government Officer acting as executive Officer of a Municipality and the
Chairman of a Municipality.
(b) Receipts [other than those mentioned in Item (8) above] drawn on account of Cantonment and other
Local Funds.
(c) Receipts for advances taken by Government employees.
(d) Receipts for refund or repayment of deposits other than those covered by Items (16) above.
(e) Receipts on acquittance rolls of establishments.
(f) Receipts drawn by the Accountant-General or the Treasurer of Charitable Endowment on account of
interest oil Municipal or Port Trust debentures kept in his custody as ordinary Trust Funds or Charitable
Endowments.
Note :-3. When a loan is given as a whole to the whole body of borrowers it will be sufficient to affix a one
rupee stamp thereon. When the loan is divided by the Deputy Collector and a certain portion is
assigned to each of the loaness, then in every instance when such portion exceeds Rs. 5000 a one
rupee stamp is required.
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APPENDIX 10
[See sub-rule (2) of T. R. 4.017]
Rules for Payment by Cheques
Part A
Manual System
1. Receiving of Bills at the Counter
(1) All bills shall be received at the Receiving Counter from the Drawing & Disbursing Officer or his
authorised representative through the Bill Transit Register and for each bill received a token will
be issued by the counter clerk after puting his initial in the Bill Transit Register. The counter clerk
shall maintain, for all transactions, bound Registers of Bills Received and Passed in the Form as
shown in Annexure A in triplicate. The pages of Registers of Bills Received and Passed shall
be machine numbered serially and the duplicate and triplicate copies marked by the same number
as on the original. Separate Drawing & Disbursing Officerwise register will be opened for Salary
bills, Pension bills and other bills.
(2) On receipt of a bill, the counter clerk shall hand over the token to the Drawing & Disbursing
Officer or his authorised representive at the counter, write the number as well as date of issue of
token prominently at the top of the bill and make necessary entries in the Registers of Bills
Received and Passed. He shall send the bills in convenient batches, at least twice daily by 11-30
a.m. and 2-30 p.m., to the respective clerks of the Bill Section along with Registers of Bills
Received and Passed. The clerks shall receive the bills along with the duplicate and triplicate
copies of the said register and put his signature on the original copy thereof.
2. Checking and Passing of Bills in the Bill Section
(1) The clerks of the Bill Section shall, on receipt of the bills, exercise proper treasury check, enter it in
specified registers. The bills which cannot be passed for one reason or the other will be returned to
the counter direct for delivery to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer concerned through the Registers
of Bills Received and Passed after making suitable entries therein. The unpassed bills shall be
accompanied by a relevant Return Memo. (Annexure B,B1", B2, B3 and B4) signed by
the Treasury Officer/Additional Treasury Officer stating the grounds on which they are returned.
In case the bills have been accepted after scrutiny, the clerks of the Bill Section shall affix the pay
order on the bill and fill up the relevant entries in .the Registers of Bills Received and Passed.
The name of the party in whose favour the cheque is required to be drawn shall be written on the
bill in red ink immediately above the pay order.
(2) Normally, cheques should be issued in favour of the drawer of the bill unless there is specific
written request by the Drawing Officer to issue cheques in favour of other persons or parties. If
there is such a request, the Treasury Officer shall, if the endorsement is in order, write in red ink
immediately above the pay order, the name of the party in whose favour the cheque is to be issued.
It shall be clearly indicated by the Treasury Officer whether the cheque should be crossed or
Account Payee or Open, as per Rule 5(2)(d) below. In case where the bill is not payable before a
specified date, a stamp not payable before ____________ shall be affixed next to the pay order.
All such bills shall be submitted to the Treasury Officer together with the Registers of Bills
Received and Passed for signature through the Accountant or Additional Accountant as may be
authorised for signature. The Treasury Officer shall carry out such scrutiny as is required of him
and will sign the pay order and the Registers of Bills Received and Passed and return them to the
clerk concerned of the Bill Section. At the end of each week and also every Wednesday (if the
Wednesday be a holiday, of the next working day) the Bill Section will prepare a list of agewise
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outstanding bills from the various Registers of Bills Received and Passed and submit it to the
Treasury Officer for scrutiny. The Accountant will get this work done under his supervision. No
bill shall be kept pending for more than three days. If a bill cannot be disposed of within three
days, the fact should be intimated to the Treasury Officer / Additional Treasury Officer with reason
therefore in the very next day.
3. Transmission of Passed Bills to the Cheque Section
All passed bills shall be transmitted to the Cheque Section together with the duplicate and triplicate
copies of the Registers of Bills Received and Passed. The duplicate copy shall be returned to the
Bill Section with the initials of the Cheque Writer of the Cheque Section, while the triplicate copy
shall be retained for necessary record. Bills, if any, subsequently passed, shall be entered by the
Bill Section in the duplicate copy and sent to the Cheque Section. The Cheque Section while
giving initial on the duplicate copy for the receipt of their bills, shall simultaneously note on the
triplicate copy previously retained.
4. Cheque Foils and their Custody
(1) Cheque Foils: Cheque foils are printed with counterfoils and are machine numbered serially. The
cheques are generally bound in books of 100 foils each. No date shall be printed on the foils this
being noted at the time of the delivery of cheques as prescribed in Rule 5(15) below.
(2) In the first week of January every year indents for supply of cheques shall be prepared by the
Treasury Officer and sent to the Pay & Accounts Officer (I), Kolkata for onward transmission to
the Controller of Stamps, Central Stamps Stores, Nasik Road. The Pay & Accounts Officer (I),
Kolkata, shall, by the 3rd week of January each year, consolidate the indents received from various
Treasuries and place a consolidated indent with the Controller of Stamps, Central Stamp Stores,
Nasik Road. In the indents, cheque foils in stock on the first day of January of the current year,
cheque foils consumed during the year ending thirty-first December and cheque forms required
for the next year together with three months reserve shall be mentioned. The indent should be
based on the average consumption as actually shown in the Register of Cheque Foils [Vide Sub-
rule (4) below] maintained in the Cheque Section. The cheque books would be generally supplied
in the month of June/July. The size and design of the cheque foils can be changed only with the
approval of Government in the Finance Department.
(3) Custody of Cheque Books: On receipt of the supply of the cheque books from the Controller of
Stamps, Central Stamp Stores, Nasik Road, the Pay & Accounts Officer (I), Kolkata shall verify to
his satisfaction that the number of cheque books indented has actually been received in good
condition and that those are recorded properly in the Stock Register of Cheque Books in the
form at Annexure R.
(4) Issue of Cheque Books : Cheque Books shall be issued to the Treasury Officer only on proper
requisition after making necessary entries in the Stock Register of Cheque Books(Annexure
R). Treasury Officer, on receipt of cheque books, shall verify to his satisfation that he has received
the actual number of cheque books in good condition as per requisition and he shall make necessary
entries in the Stock Register of Cheque Books (Annexure R). Similar procedure shall be followed
by the Treasury Officer in case of issue of cheque books to other cheque drawing officers.
(5) The receipt of cheque books from the Treasury Officers stock shall be entered in the Register of
Cheques Received & Used (Annexure C) to be maintained by the Additional Treasury Officer
(cheque) in which datewise number of cheques used, i.e., cheques actually signed by the Additional
Treasury Officer (Cheque), the number of cheque(s) cancelled (with the Serial No. of the cancelled
cheque specified), the number of cheques in hand with the daily opening and closing cheque
number, should be shown.
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(6) At the opening of business on each day, the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall make over
to the Cheque Writer such number of cheque foils as he considers sufficient for days requirement.
This shall be entered by the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) in a Note Book to be kept in the
safe under lock and each entry shall be signed by him and the Cheque Writer.
(7) Unless otherwise specified in any Departmental rules and regulations the counterfoils of cheques
issued by the Treasuries shall be preserved for a period of three years. In cases, however, where
the counterfoils are required to be preserved in connection with court case / enquiry etc., these
should not be destroyed unless otherwise advised by the Government.
5. Work in Cheque Section
(1) The Cheque Section will be under the supervision of the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque).
(2) Immediately on receipt of passed bills from the Bill Section, the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque)
/Cheque Writer shall examine the bills with reference to the following points and. if in any bill a
defect is noticed in regard to any of these points, he shall return the bill to the Bill
Section for certification :-
(i) That the pay order has been signed by the Treasury Officer / Additional Treasury Officer and is
genuine and that the amount is given both in words and figures and the two entries agree ;
(ii) That when the amount for which the bill has been passed for payment is less than the amount
claimed, the bill is accompanied by a retrenchment slip (Annexure D) stating the amount claimed,
amount retrenched and the net amount passed for payment with reasons;
(iii) That when the bill bears any endorsement, the endorsement is made under a separate signature of
the drawer of the bill and is endorsed by the Treasury Officer to be in order;
(iv) Whether the Cheque to be issued shall be open or crossed :
Salary cheques must be drawn in favour of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer unless otherwise
ordered by the Government. All other personal claims of government employees above Rs. 20,000/
- shall be drawn by Account Payee cheques in favour of the claimant. Cheques issued to contractors
and suppliers above Rs. 2,500/- should invariably be crossed and Account Payee.
Note :- Petty payments on account of office expenses etc. upto Rs. 500/-, may be made from permanent
advance of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer.
(v) Whether more than one cheque has been asked for on a bill and if so whether the request is made
under a separate signature of the drawer of the bill and particulars for such charges are given on
the bill and the same is endorsed by the Treasury Officer to be in order.
(3) The Cheque Writer will prepare a Cheque Memo. (Annexure E) for two or more bills when they
are payable to the same person. In preparing the Cheque Memos., care should be taken to record
the full name and designation of the payee. The retrenchment slips, if any, should be attached to
the Memo.
(4) The Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) / Cheque Writer shall maintain a register showing the
distribution of bills among the Cheque Writers (Annexure F), enter therein the bills and make
them over to the Cheque Writers.
(5) The Cheque Writer shall write the cheques and note the cheque numbers against the pay orders on
the bills, enter the Cheque No. and complete the Register of Cheques Drawn (Annexure G) to
be maintained in duplicate. If a cheque has to be cancelled for any reason, its number should also
be entered in the Register with the remarks Cancelled against it. The Cheque Writer shall then
submit the cheques with the passed bills to the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque). The Additional
Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall check the entries on the cheques with pay order and other relevant
entries on the bills, sign the cheques, cancel the pay order on the bill stamping it Cheques Drawn
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as near to the pay order on the bill as possible and draw a line in ink across the Pay Order, care
being taken to see that no portion of the pay order is rendered illegible thereby. He shall then initial
the counterfoil and sign the entry on the Register of Cheques Drawn after which he shall return
the signed cheques and the relevant documents to the Cheque Writer.
(6) The Cheque Writer will be wholly responsible for the blank cheque handed over to him by the
Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque). The Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) / Cheque Writer
may, while distributing the cheque foils to the cheque Writers, note the number of Cheque foils so
handed over in a note book in Form (Annexure H) and take their initials. At the close of the day,
he will take an account from the Cheque Writers to satisfy himself that he has received a full
account of the cheque forms made over to them.
(7) The Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall maintain a Note Book in Annexure S showing
the Numbers of the cheques signed by him on each occasion in order that, at the end of the day, he
may have ready means of checking the serial numbers and the total number of the cheques signed
by him as prepared by the Cheque Writer and enumerated in preceeding Register of Cheques
Drawn with reference to his Note Book.
(8) In writing a cheque the following instructions shall be observed :-
(i) The name of the party, in whose favour the cheque is to be drawn, shall be ascertained correctly
from instructions and particulars given on the bill and entered first on the counterfoil, care being
taken to ensure that the initials and names are correctly spelt, that designations, etc. are properly
filled in and in the case of Banks, the cheque is drawn in favour of the Manager or Secretary as the
case may be.
(ii) The amount passed for payment shall be entered in figures on the counterfoil direct from the pay
order.
(iii) When several bills are consolidated in one cheque, the amount of each bill shall be entered in
detail on the counterfoil and then totalled.
(iv) The token numbers of the bill/bills shall be correctly entered on the top of the counterfoil and that
of the cheque foil.
(v) The cheque shall be crossed when it is to be despatched by post or when it is payable to a Bank,
private person, autonomous body or firm, if an open cheque has not been specifically asked for by
the drawer of the bill. All cheques for pay and allowances of the establishment and office expenses
etc. encashable by the Drawing and Disbursing Officer, shall be order cheques.
(vi) The number of the cheque shall be entered on the bill in respect of which it is drawn near the pay
order, and
(vii)The foil and counterfoil shall bear the initials of the person who has actually written the cheque.
(9) Issue of new Cheque in lieu of Cheques lost or destroyed after delivery: If a cheque is reported
by a Drawing & Disbursing Officer (supported by F.I.R.) to have been lost or destroyed, the
Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall ascertain from the Banks scroll that the cheque has
not been paid and will issue instruction to the Bank concerned not to pay the cheque on subsequent
presentation. Thereafter he will cancel the lost cheque and issue a new cheque in lieu of the lost
one in accordance with the procedure laid down in Rule 5(13). The fact of loss, cancellation and
issue of a new cheque with number thereof, need be recorded on the counterfoil of the lost cheque.
The number and date of the cancelled cheque as also of the new cheque issued thereagainst shall
be recorded on the note book for preparation of the monthly return mentioned in Rule 5(10).
(10) The Treasury Officer shall furnish to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement) West
Bengal, a monthly return showing the numbers and amounts paid through the new (i.e. fresh)
cheques, if any, issued during the month, in lieu of cancelled ones. If no new (i.e. fresh) cheque
has been issued in any particular month, a NIL report should be sent to the Accountant General
(Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal.
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(11) Cancellation of Cheque before delivery: A cheque torn, mutilated or otherwise unfit for use, may be
cancelled and the foil destroyed by the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) after keeping a note
accordingly on the counterfoil of the same under his dated signature. If a cheque after being written
and signed, is required to be cancelled before delivery for some reasons or other and the bill is to
be returned unpaid, the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall stamp the foil and counterfoil
of the Cheque and the pay order of the bill with the words Cheque Cancelled. The cheque shall,
thereafter, be entered in the Register of Cheques Delivered (Annexure J) with cheque number
and the words Cheque Cancelled noted against it and the bill returned to the Drawing & Disbursing
Officer on recovery of the token. The fact of cancellation of the cheque should also be noted
against the relevant entry in the Register of Cheques Drawn (Annexure G). The cancelled cheque
should be pasted with the counterfoil. Before return of the bill to the Drawing & Disbursing
Officer the same may be sent back to the Bill Section to add back the amount of the bill already
deducted from the allotment in the register at the time of passing of the same by the dealing
assistant.
(12) Cancellation of Cheque after delivery : When a cheque, already delivered, is required to be
cancelled subsequently on the request of the Drawing and Disbursing Officer of the bill or for its
being lost or time-barred and no fresh cheque is required to be issued in lieu thereof, the fact of
cancellation should be recorded on the counterfoil of the cheque and also against the original entry
in the Register of Cheques Delivered with the date of cancellation. At the same time necessary
particulars in respect of the cancelled cheque should be recorded by the Accounts Section of the
Treasury in a statement in the following proforma, for onward transmission to the Accountant
General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal, every month, for writing back the expenditure
in respect of the cancelled cheque already included in his accounts. In case of cancellation of
cheque relating to Provident Fund and Loans & Advances to government employees, the name
of the employee and G.P.Fund Account No. / Identification No., if any, shall have to be furnished
along with the requisition slip of the D.D.O. and the Statement of cancelled cheque(s) by the
Treasury Officer. An intimation may be sent to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer by the treasury
certifying cancellation of the cheque and mentioning therein the relevant Voucher number, Voucher
date, head of account to which the bill was debited, cancelled cheque number and amount of the
cheque. If no fresh Cheque is required by the Drawing & Disbursing Officer and the cheque is
cancelled within the financial year in which it was originally issued, provisions may be made to
add back the amount of the bill already deducted from the allotment in the register at the time of
passing of the same by the dealing assistant in the Bill Section.
Statement of cancelled Treasury Cheque for the month of _________________ :
Sl. Name of the Cheque Amount Voucher Month of Head of G.P.Fund Remarks
No. Drawing & No. & of No. Treasury Account A/c No. /
Disbursing Date Cheque Accounts Identification
Officer No., if any
with
employees
name
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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When an occasion arises for the cancellation of a cheque, the Cheque Writer shall bring the documents
at once to the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque), for necessary action without waiting for the
closing of the days business. The number of the cancelled cheques should be entered
chronologically in a Register and the cancelled cheque, if in possession of the Cheque Section
should be enclosed with the statement mentibned above for onward transmission to the Accountant
General (Accounts and Entitlement) West Bengal.
(13) In the case of a cheque which is cancelled after delivery to the party concerned and where a new
(i.e. fresh) cheque is required to be issued in lieu thereof on the request of the drawer of the bill,
a new (i.e. fresh) cheque bearing a different number may be issued after observing all the precautions
mentioned in Rule 5(9); The amount of the cheque so issued shall not be taken into the Register
of Cheques Drawn or Register of Cheques Delivered. In the space for the amount in those
Registers, there shall, however, be written Issued in lieu of Cheque No. _______________ dated
_______. An entry to that effect shall be made on the counterfoil of the cheque cancelled and the
number of new (i.e. fresh) cheque issued, noted thereon. As no adjustment in the account is
necessary, the cancelled cheque, if in possession of the Cheque Section, should be pasted with the
counterfoil thereof.
(14) Issue of fresh Cheques in lieu of time-expired Cheques :
(i) Cheques shall be encashable at any time within three months after the month of issue. Thus a
cheque bearing date any time in January is payable at any time upto 30
th
April. If the currency of
a cheque expires owing to its not being presented at the Bank within the period specified above,
it may be cancelled and a fresh cheque issued in lieu thereof and the cancelled cheque dealt with
and preserved in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Rule 5(13). A cheque remaining
unpaid for any cause for twelve months after the month of its issue, should be cancelled in the
manner as laid down in Rule 5(12) and reported to the Accountant General (Accounts and
Entitlement) West Bengal, for writing back in the accounts. In such case fresh sanction, allotment
and bill shall be necessary in order to draw the amount.
(ii) Cheques issued in a financial year or a fresh cheque issued in lieu thereof may be encashed within
three months after the month of issue of the cheque or 30
th
June of the next financial year, whichever
is earlier.
(iii) A cheque issued in a financial year cannot be encashed on a date in the next financial year excepting
the cheques issued in the months of January to March. A fresh cheque can be issued in lieu of a
time-expired cheque authorising encashment on a date beyond 30th June, only when a requisition
of the Drawing Officer is received by the Treasury in the Form as at Annexure M stating inter
alia that requisite fund has been allotted in the current years budget. Such payment will not be
authorised beyond twelve months after the month of issue of the original cheque.
(15) Delivery of Cheques
(i) The passed bills along with the cheques drawn and the Register of Cheques Drawn in duplicate,
shall be sent to the Delivery Counter for delivery of the cheques. The counter clerk should sign on
the original copy of the Register of Cheques Drawn and return it, and retain the duplicate copy,
for record. The pages of the Register of Cheques Drawn shall be machine numbered.
(ii) Before delivering a cheque, the counter clerk shall take back the token, verify its number with the
token number affixed on the bill and also collect a receipt in the form as shown in Annexure I
signed by the payee as well as by the messenger who has been authorised for collection of the
cheque. Before delivering the cheque, he shall make necessary entries in the Register of Cheques
Delivered in duplicate. He shall then put the date stamp on the cheque and in cases where the
cheque is not encashable before a specified date, he shall affix the stamp Not payable before
_____________ on the cheque. He shall write C.D. on the bill with his dated initials, to indicate
that the cheque has been delivered. The bill will be stamped as Paid after the cheque is delivered
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for transmission of paid vouchers to the Accounts Section from the Cheque Section.
(iii) Treasuries may show only salary cheques in the Register of Cheques Delivered on the relevant
dates on which these are made encashable irrespective of their date of issue. The date of delivery
of cheques as noted in the Register of cheques Delivered shall be taken as the date of payment
for inclusion in the Treasury Accounts.
(16) Daily closing of accounts at the counters
At the end of the day, each counter clerk shall prepare an account of cheques received at the
beginning of the day, cheques received during the course of the day, cheques delivered, and the
closing balance of cheques in hand. He shall also reconcile the number of cheques delivered with
the number of tokens received by him during the course of the day and with the total of entries in
the Register of Cheques Delivered. He shall enter the total amount of cheques delivered in
figures as well as in words and submit the Register to the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque)
through the Cheque Writer for scrutiny and signature.
(17) Transmission of Vouchers to the Accounts Section
(i) All paid vouchers will be handed over by the counter clerks to the Cheque Writer of the Cheque
Section along with the Register of Cheques Delivered. The Cheque Writer will retain the vouchers
along with the duplicate copy of the Register of Cheques Delivered after initialling and returning
the original register. After recording necessary entries in the Register of Cheques Drawn, for
each cheque delivered and after reconciling the cheque account for the day, the Cheque Writer
shall transmit the copy of the Register of Cheques Delivered together with voucher to the
Accounts Section on the following day.
(ii) All undelivered cheques together with the bills, shall also be returned to the Cheque Writer at the
end of the day. The Head Cheque Writer / Cheque Writer will verify the number of cheques in
hand with the cheque account prepared by him and retain them under double lock until issued
again to the counter clerk on the next working day.
6. Account of paid vouchers in the Accounts Section
(1) On receiving the paid vouchers, the Accounts Section shall take such steps as are necessary, in
accordance with the existing procedure for the accounting of these vouchers. The account will be
sent to the Accountant General (Acounts and Entitlement)West Bengal twice a month, the 1
st
list
on the 14
th
of the month which will include payment from 1
st
to 10
th
and the 2
nd
list on the 5
th
of the
following month, including payments from 11
th
to the end of the preceding month as well as an
account of the receipts for the whole of the preceding month. On receiving the paid cheques from
the Bank, the Accounts Section should tick off in the Register of Cheques Delivered and from
this, a list of outstanding cheques shall be prepared and submitted to the Accountant General
(Acounts and Entitlement)West Bengal, with the monthly accounts.
(2) The accounting procedure in respect of cheques will be as under
The amounts of the bills for which cheques are issued should be included in the relevant List of
Payments, the amount of the corresponding cheques issued being simultaneously shown in the
Cash Account under the head 8670 Cheques and Bills. The entry in the Cash Account may be
supported by a Schedule of cheques issued.
The schedule of paid cheques (together with the paid cheques) received from the bank should be
transmitted by the Treasury Officer to the Accountant General (Acounts and Entitlement)West Bengal
along with the List of Payments showing the total debit under the head 8670-Cheques and Bills-by per
contra credit to the head 8675-Reserve Bank Deposits, etc..
7. Register of Tokens
(1) The receipt and issue of tokens will be recorded in the Register of Tokens in Annexure K. The
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Counter Clerk shall verify daily the stock of tokens in hand after taking into account the unredeemed
numbers. This verification is intended as a numerical check and the object is to see that, for the
number of tokens that are not in hand, an equal number of bills exists in the office. A certificate of
this verification should be recorded in the Register of Tokens and the same submitted to the
Treasury Officer at the end of the day after reconciling with the Cheque Writer, the number of
tokens received with the number of bills for which cheques have been delivered.
(2) The Accountant shall ensure daily that for all bills paid during the day by cheques and for bills
returned unpaid, the corresponding tokens have been received back. He shall record a certificate
to this effect and the certificate submitted to the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque).
(3) On the 10
th
of each month, a detailed census of all tokens in hand should be taken by the Treasury
Accountant and entries made in Register in Annexure L and the result reported to the Treasury
Officer. For the purpose of this census enquiry should be made from different Sections.
(4) In the event of loss of tokens from the custody of, either Treasury or Drawing & Disbursing Officer,
a First Information Report (F.I.R.) should immediately be lodged with the nearest Police Station.
A copy of such F.I.R. will be sent to the Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque). A sum of Rs. 10/
- for each lost token will be deposited into Government account under the head 0070-Other
Administrative Services-60-Other Services-800-Other receipts, etc.. Along with the challan, the
concerned Official may apply to the Treasury Officer for delivery of the relevant cheque in respect
of which the token has been lost. The Treasury Officer will verify the receipt and also verify the
genuineness of the claim. He may call for any paper and request the Drawing and Disbursing
Officer to be present in person for taking delivery of the relevant cheque. If the Treasury Officer
is satisfied about the genuineness of the claim, he may order delivery of the cheque. At the end of
the day when the Cheque Section hands over the token to the Accountant, this application may be
accepted in lieu of the lost token and the loss of token shall be recorded in the token register under
the dated initial of the Treasury Officer.
8. Advice to Banks
For the present all cheques will be drawn by the Treasury on the link Branch. The specimen signature
of the officers authorised to sign cheques will be transmitted to the Bank by the Collector/Collector-
in-Charge and he will indicate the date from which the officer will commence signing the cheques.
It will not be necessary to send an advice of cheques drawn daily to the Bank. An intimation
regarding the serial number of cheque books brought into use, shall be sent to the Bank immediately.
9. Pension Payment
It will not be necessary for the Treasury to issue tokens in respect of each bills presented by the
pensioners. Where the pensioners desire payment in cheques, the Treasury Officer or the Additional
Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall make payment of pension by cheques against such bills.
10. General
(1) It is a statutory obligation of a treasury to ensure prompt and proper payments and receipts as also
timely rendering of correct monthly accounts to the Accountant General (Acounts and
Entitlement)West Bengal. No bill shall be kept pending in a treasury for more than three days. If
a bill cannot be disposed of within three days, the fact should be intimated to the Treasury Officer
/ Additional Treasury Officer with reason therefor on the very next day.
(2) The Treasury Officer / Additional Treasury Officer, on receipt of such intimation, shall take necessary
steps for expeditious disposal of all such bills. Similarly, Cheques should be made ready on the
same day or on the very next day after passing the bill. The Treasury Officer and Additional
Treasury Officer should personally monitor the entire process. Reports, returns, statements, etc.
which will be required to be sent with monthly accounts, must be prepared properly and submitted
to the Accountant General (Acounts and Entitlement)West Bengal and the Director of Treasuries
& Accounts, West Bengal.
(3) In computerised treasuries where metal tokens are not in use, the Treasury Officer shall take stock
of metal tokens and after reconciliation with the total number of tokens delivered to the treasury,
shall keep such unused tokens in a sealed bag and transfer it to the strong room for safe custody.
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Part B
Computerized System
[(See Sub-Rule (2) of TR 4.017]
The following procedures shall be observed regarding receipt of the bills, checking of bills, endorsement of
pay orders on bills, writing of cheques and their delivery, and the accounting thereof in the computerized Treasury.
1 (A) Receiving of Bill at the Bill Receiving Section: On receipt of a bill through Bill Transit Register at
the Counter, the Counter Clerk shall enter bill number, D.D.O. Code, Departmental Code, Head of
Account Code, Net amount of the Bill, etc. in the Computer System and hand over the paper-token,
generated from the Computer System, to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer or his authorised representative
at the counter. He shall write the Token number and date of issue of token promptly at the top of the bill
under his initials. He shall put token number and date under his initials in the Bill Transit Register of the
Drawing & Disbursing Officer as token of the receipt of the bill. He shall then distribute the Bill(s) through
computer among the dealing assistants of the Bill Section who are entrusted with the work of check the
Bill(s) and generate Annexure-A Statement of Bill Received & Passed through computer. (Annexure
A is required for overall monitoring of the Bills mentioned therein) He shall send the bills in convenient
batches to the respective Dealing Assistant of the Bill Section along with two copies of Annexure A -
Statement of Bill Received & Passed. (Annexure-A shall also be used for proper monitoring of the
physical movement of the Bills) The concerned Dealing Assistant of Bill Section shall receive the bill(s)
along with Annexure A and return one copy of the same to the Dealing Assistant at Bill Receiving Section
with his initials and date as token of the receipt of the Bills. Annexure A need not be preserved after the
delivery of the cheques in respect of the Bills mentioned therein.
(B) Checking and Passing of Bills in the Bill Section:
(1) The Dealing Assistant of the Bill Section shall, on receipt of the bills, verify from his computer whether the
bills have actually been allotted to him. He shall make necessary entry through computer for by-transfer
credit (if any) with detail heads of account and amount of the Bills. He shall check through computer the
availability of allotment, sanctioned strength (in case of salary bill), sanction order, Departmental Code,
head of account (up to 17/19 digit), name of the D.D.O., DDO Code, specimen signature of the D.D.O.,
Net amount, Gross Amount of the Bill etc. He shall raise objection by selecting through computer if all the
requirements, as mentioned above, are not fulfilled. He shall exercise proper checking, as required under
the rules. The Dealing Assistant shall insert objections other than those raised by the computer, if he thinks
that the bill should not be passed for any other valid reason. It is desirable that the objections should be
raised at a time against a Bill; it should not be raised in piecemeal. He can select the required objection
from the Standard Objections stored in the computer or insert the objection by typing it manually. After
satisfying himself about the correctness of the Bill, the dealing assistant of the Bill Section shall pass the bill
through computer and write the Pay Order on the Bill and fill up the relevant entries in Annexure-A. The
name of the parties in whose favour the cheque/cheques is/are required to be drawn shall be written on the
bill in red ink above the Pay Order and record the name/names of such individual immediately in the
computer system. He should be careful at the time of entry of the name that the spelling is correctly
recorded as per order of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer. He shall then forward the bills physically along
with the Annexure A (duly noting regarding the status of the Bills) to the Accountant/Addl. Accountant.
(2) Accountant/Addl. Accountant shall check the bill through computer system as well as manually He shall
also verify that all the bills shown in the Annexure-A have been physically received. After satisfying himself
about the correctness of the Bill in all respect, he shall then forward the bill through computer as well as
physically to the Treasury Officer. If any mistake is detected in the Bill, he shall raise objection through
computer.
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On Wednesday in each week or if the Wednesday be a holiday, on the next working day, Accountant shall
generate a list of dealing assistant-wise outstanding bills and Status Report of already generated Annexure-
A and submit the same to the Treasury Officer for necessary action.
(3) On receipt of lists of outstanding bills, the Treasury Officer shall ascertain the reasons for accumulation of
the bills or delay in disposing of the Bill. He shall take necessary action to pass the bills, if found in order,
otherwise to return the bills with objections by the next working day.
(4) Transmission of Bills to the Cheque Section:
(a) Accountant/Addl. Accountant shall generate from the computer Annexure A-1 - Statement of Bills
Passed in duplicate. (Annexure A-1 is required for proper monitoring of the physical movement of the
Bills from Bill Section to Cheque Section) All passed bills shall be transmitted to the Cheque Section
together with the Annexure A-1 - Statement of Bills Passed. The Cheque Writer / Dealing Assistant at
Cheque Section shall return one copy of the Annexure A-1 - Statement of Bills Passed to Bill Section,
under his initials and date, as a token of receipt of the Bills. The Cheque Writer/Dealing Assistant shall
verify whether the cheque Section has prepare cheques in respect of all the bills received by them as
mentioned in Annexure A-1. Annexure A-1 need not be preserved after the delivery of the cheques in
respect of the Bills mentioned therein. Any discrepancy in respect of Bill/Cheque should immediately be
brought to the notice of the Treasury Officer. The Treasury Officer shall personally look into the matter and
arrange for proper disposal. In case of any dispute the AnnexureA-1 shall be preserved till such time as
may be decided by the Treasury Officer.
The Treasury Officer shall, once in a week, verify from Annexure A whether all the bills appearing
in a particular annexure A, have been disposed of or not. If it is found that a particular bill has not been
processed by the Bill Section or Cheque Section, he will take proper remedial measure.
(b) In case of objection, the objection-Bills along with Annexure-A-2 - Statement of Objection Bills, in
duplicate, shall also be sent to Cheque Section. One copy of the Annexure-A-2 - Statement of Objection
Bills shall be returned to Bill Section under the dated initials of the Cheque Writer/Dealing Assistant of
Cheque Section as a token of receipt of the Objection Bills. The Cheque Section shall return the objection
bills to the concerned D.D.O. through computer system against surrender of token.
2. Cheque Forms and their Custody:
1. Cheque Forms:(i) (a) Treasury Cheques: Cheque Forms are pre-printed continuous stationery with carbon
copy and are machine numbered serially. Each packet contains 1000 cheque foils.
(b) Non-Treasury Cheque Books for L.F., P.F., P.L., P.W.D., Forest and other Deposit Accounts: Cheque
forms are printed with counter foils and are machine numbered serially. A book number is also printed at
the top left hand corner. The cheque-foils are generally in book-form of 100 foils each.
(c) In the first week of January every year, indents for supply of cheque forms shall be prepared by the
Treasury Officer and sent to the Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal for supply of cheque
forms. In the indents, the Treasury Name, Bank with Branch Name and Branch Code, MICR Code
number, cheque forms consumed during the previous year ending on 31
st
December with serial number,
cheque forms in stock as on 1
st
day of January with serial number, and cheque forms required for the
current year (together with three months reserve) with serial number shall be mentioned. The Director of
Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal shall, by the 3
rd
week of January each year, consolidate the indents
received from various Treasuries and place a consolidated indent with the approved Security Press enclosing
a list showing the names of the Treasuries and their requirements with serial number of cheques for each
Treasury, with instruction to supply the cheque foils directly to the Treasuries. While placing the consolidated
indent to the press, the Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal shall ensure that the continuity of
the serial number of cheques, to be printed for each treasury, is maintained. After receipt of the cheque
forms from the Press, the treasuries shall return a copy of the invoice with necessary stock entry certificate
mentioning the number of packets and the number of cheque forms received with serial number and the
date of receipt to the Director of Treasuries & Accounts, West Bengal.
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2. Custody of Cheque Forms:
(i) On receipt of the cheque forms from the Press, those shall be verified through counting by the Treasury
Officer and receipt shall be send to the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts, West Bengal. In case of
any doubt or broken packet, the Treasury Officer/Addl. Treasury Officer shall physically count the individual
number of cheques and satisfy himself about the actual number of cheques received, before issuing the
receipt. Treasury Officer shall keep the cheque forms in his safe custody and enter the stock of Cheque in
the Manual Stock Register and in the computer package where required. From this stock, a sufficient
number of cheques should be issued for current use to the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) packet wise.
When a packet is put to use, Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) will verify the same by counting and
also see that the number of cheques requisitioned has been received. The receipts into and issues from the
Treasury Officers stock are accounted for in lump in the form at Annexure R to be maintained by the
Treasury Officer. Where required, all these receipt and issue of cheques should be recorded through
computer.
(ii) The receipt of cheque forms from the Treasury Officers stock shall be entered in the Register of Cheque
Forms (Annexure C) by the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) to be maintained through the System. The
Addl. Treasury Officer shall make it up-date, daily. The System will show date wise figure in respect of
opening balance, receipt if any, number of cheque forms used/actually signed by the Addl. Treasury Officer,
the number of Cheque forms cancelled (with the Serial No. of the cancelled Cheque form), the number of
cheque forms in hand with the daily opening and closing cheque number.
(iii) The Addl. Treasury officer shall allot cheques to the cheque writer through the computer system and also
physically. He shall first allot the cheques in convenient batches (preferably 100 cheques may be allotted to
the cheque writer at one time. More cheques may be issued to the cheque writer, if required.). Addl.
Treasury Officer will write the serial no of the cheques issued to the cheque writer in the notebook of the
A.T.O. (Annexure S). The cheque writer shall receive the cheques after signing the register.
(iv) At the opening of business on each day, the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall make over to the Head
Cheque Writer/ Cheque Writer, such number of cheque forms, as considered sufficient for a days
requirement. This shall be entered by the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) in the Computer system as well
as in a Note Book to be kept in his safe custody and each entry shall be signed by him and the Head
Cheque Writer/Cheque Writer, as the case may be.
(v) The carbon foils of Cheques issued from the Treasuries shall be preserved for a period of three years. In
cases, however, where the Carbon foils are required to be preserved in connection with some enquiry or
court cases or otherwise, these should not be destroyed unless otherwise advised by the concerned authority.
3. Work in Cheque Section:
(1) The Cheque Section shall be under the supervision of Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque).
(2) Immediately on receipt of passed bills from the Bill Section the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall
examine the bills with reference to the following points and if, in any bill, a defect is noticed in regard to any
of these points, he shall return the bill to the Bill Section for rectification: -
(i) That the pay order has been signed by the Treasury Officer / Addl. Treasury Officer and is genuine and the
amount in words and in figures agree;
(ii) That the bill bears an advice regarding the mode of payment by the D.D.O. and it is endorsed by the
Treasury Officer/Addl. Treasury Officer.
(iii) Whether the Cheque to be issued shall be ordered or crossed: Every cheque in favour of a Drawing &
Disbursing Officer in settlement of claims of his establishment must be made payable to order only. Unless
otherwise allowed by Government, all other cheques, issued in favour of a government employee by name
above Rs.20,000/- (Rupees twenty thousand only) in settlement of his personal claims shall be Account
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Payee. The cheques above Rs.2500/- issued to Non-Government person or agency like educational
institutions, contractors, etc. should invariably be Account Payee. In respect of such claims below Rs.
2500/-, order cheque may be issued in favour of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer concerned.
(3) The Cheque Writer/Dealing Assistant at Cheque Section shall prepare a Cheque Memo. (Annexure E)
for two or more bills when they are payable to the same person. (This is applicable to the Pay & Accounts
office-I for issue of consolidated Pay cheques otherwise separate cheque is to be issued for each bill.)
When the pay of a government employee has been attached under the order of the Court and payment has
to be made to the Court direct by the Treasury, separate cheques shall be printed for the amount payable
to the Court and to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer as indicated in the pay order given on the bill.
(4) Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque)/Cheque Writer shall distribute bills to the concerned Cheque Writers for
printing of cheques.
(5) The Cheque Writer shall note the cheque number against the Pay order on the bill and stamping it cheques
drawn as near to the Pay Order on the bill as possible. If any cheque is required to be cancelled for any
reason, it should be record through computer. The Cheque Writer shall put his initial on the carbon copy of
the cheque and then submit the cheque with carbon copy and passed bills, to the Addl. Treasury Officer
(Cheque). The Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall check the entries on the cheque with Pay Order and
other relevant entries on the bill with reference to amount of Cheque, Name of the D.D.O/Payee and head
of Account, Cheque Number and sign the cheque (including Carbon Copy), cancel the Pay Order on the
bill by drawing a line across the Pay Order, care should be taken to see that no portion of the Pay Order
is rendered illegible thereby. He shall then return the signed cheques and relevant document to the Cheque
Writer. The Addl. Treasury Officer will keep a note of the cheque numbers he has signed. At the end of the
day he will verify his record with the Statement of Cheques drawn (Annexure G). Steps should be taken
to preserve the hard copy of the Annexure G duly signed.
(6) The Cheque Writer shall be responsible for the blank cheques handed over to him by the Addl. Treasury
Officer (Cheque). At the close of the day, Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall verify the account of
Blank Cheques, Signed cheques, Cheque Delivered from the Cheque Writer as well as from Computer
system to satisfy himself that he has received a full account of cheque forms of the cheque section.
(7) The Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) may maintain a register (Annexure-S) showing the serial number of
cheques signed by him on each occasion and the total number of cheques signed by him and verify it with
the Register prepared by the Cheque Writer and with reference to computer system.
(8) Issue of new Cheque in lieu of Cheques lost or destroyed after delivery within the same financial year: In
the event of loss of Cheque from the custody of Treasury Officer or the Drawing & Disbursing Officer or
any other person, it should be reported immediately to the nearest police station by the person from whose
custody the cheque was lost. If a cheque is reported to have been lost or destroyed, on receipt of a
requision from the Drawing & Disbursing Officer in the form at Annexure M through the authenticated
Bill Transit Register, the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall ascertain from the computer system as well
as from the Bank Scroll that the cheque has not been encashed and also issue an instruction to the Link-
Bank Branch in writing that the Bank will not pay the Cheque on subsequent presentation. After receiving
confirmation from the Bank regarding Stop Payment of the cheque, the Addl. Treasury Officer will
cancel the lost cheque through system and print new cheque in lieu of the lost one, in accordance with the
procedure laid down in these rules. Addl. Treasury Officer shall then deliver the fresh Cheque to the
Drawing and Disbursing Officer through computer in Annexure-T. The fact of lost, cancellation and issue
of a new cheque with number and date thereof shall be recorded in the carbon copy of the lost cheque. The
number and date of the cancelled cheque as also of the new cheque issued there against shall be recorded
in a notebook for preparation of the monthly return mentioned in these rules. The number and date of the
cancelled cheque are to be mentioned on the new cheque.
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(9) The Treasury Officer shall furnish to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) West Bengal a
monthly return, along with the monthly accounts, showing the number and amounts paid through the new
cheques, if any, issued during the month in lieu of cancelled ones in Annexure- U. If no new cheque has
been issued in any particular month, a nil return should be sent to the Accountant General (Accounts and
Entitlements) West Bengal.
(10) Cancellation of cheque before delivery: A cheque torn, mutilated or otherwise unfit for use may be cancelled
through system and the foil destroyed by the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) after keeping a note
accordingly on the Cheque foil and carbon copy of the same under his dated signature. If a cheque after
being printed and signed, is required to be cancelled before delivery for some reasons or other and the bill
is required to be returned unpaid, the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall cancel the cheque through the
system, stamped on the Cheque foil, carbon copy of the cheque and on the Bill as Cheque Cancelled
and return the Bill to Treasury Officer for taking necessary action. The Treasury Officer will cancel the pay
order manually and also through the computer system, generate the Return Memo and return the bill to
Cheque Section with the instruction to return the bill to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer with the Return
Memo. The system will roll back the allotment of fund as soon as return memo. is printed.
(11) Cancellation of Cheque after delivery: When a cheque already delivered is required to be cancelled
subsequently on the request of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer of the bill or for its being lost or time
barred and no fresh cheque is required to be issued in lieu thereof, the fact of cancellation should be
recorded in the computer system as well as on the Cheque foil and carbon copy of the cheque with the
date of cancellation. The system will, at the end of the month, generate a report in the Annexure-V for
onward transmission of the Cancelled Cheques to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements)
West Bengal, along with the monthly accounts, for writing back the expenditure in respect of the cancelled
cheque in the proper account. The computer shall also generate a cancellation Memo. in Annexure-W to
be delivered to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer as confirmation of cancellation of Cheque by the
Treasury Officer.
When an occasion arises for cancellation of the cheque, the Cheque Writer shall bring the instrument
to the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) for cancellation. The Addl. Treasury, after satisfying himself regarding
the reason for cancellation, cancel the cheque through Computer. The cancelled cheque should be enclosed
with the Annexure-W for transmission to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) West Bengal.
In case the cheque relates to Provident Fund/Loans and advances, the name of the employee, G. P. Fund
Account Number and/or Identification Number shall be mentioned in column 8.
In case of a cheque, which is required to be cancelled after delivery and where a new cheque is
required to be issued in lieu thereof on the request of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer, a new cheque
bearing a different number may be issued after observing all the precautions mentioned in the foregoing
rule. The system will allow issue of fresh cheque if it is presented to the Treasury within the same financial
year i.e within 31
st
March. If the fresh cheque is required to be issued in lieu of a time expired cheque of the
previous financial year, within 30
th
June of the next financial year, the Treasury Officer shall issue a fresh
cheque after cancellation of the old cheque through cancellation menu in the computer system and in that
case the new cheque should be marked Valid upto 30
th
June of the current financial year. The number
and date of the cancelled cheque are to be mentioned on the new cheque.
In case of a time-expired cheque of the previous financial year produced at the Treasury after 30
th
June for cancellation, no fresh cheque will be issued in lieu thereof. Drawing and Disbursing Officer concerned
shall obtain a cancellation certificate of the old cheque from the Treasury and submit a fresh bill enclosing
the original cancellation certificate as voucher with necessary allotment particulars of the current financial
year. In no case, system will allow issue of fresh cheque beyond 12 months after the issue of original
cheque without fresh sanction and fresh allotment of fund and fresh bill. After delivery of cheque no
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modification inside the cheque is allowed, except minor changes, like, correction of spelling mistake in the
name of the payee, which may be done manually, but in other cases i.e. in case of other mistake, the cheque
should be cancelled and fresh bill along with the original cancellation certificate has to be submitted.
(12) Issue of fresh Cheques in lieu of time-expired Cheques:
Cheques shall be encashable at any time within three months after the month of issue. Thus, a cheque
bearing date any time in January is payable at any time up to 30
th
April. If the currency of cheque expires
owing to its not being presented at the Bank within the period specified above, it may be cancelled and
fresh cheque issued in lieu thereof in the manner as laid down in sub-rule (8) and (9) above and the
cancelled cheque dealt with and preserved in accordance with the procedure prescribed in these rules. A
Cheque issued from the Pay & Accounts Office or Treasury may be cancelled and a fresh cheque in lieu
thereof may be issued as per rule, but this can be done only once, and in no circumstances, this fresh
cheque will be encashable on a date beyond the last working day of June of next financial year. The
Drawing and Disbursing Officer shall present the Time-barred Cheque to the Treasury for cancellation or
for issue of fresh cheque in lieu thereof, as the case may be, immediately after the expiry of the validity of
the Cheque. They will not hold the time-barred cheques, unnecessarily for any further period. A cheque
remaining unpaid for any cause for twelve months after the month of its issue, should be cancelled in the
manner as laid down in sub-rule (11) above and reported to the Accountant General (Accounts and
Entitlements) West Bengal for writing back in the accounts.
(13) Delivery of Cheques:
(i) The Cheque Writer shall maintain a register of Signed Cheques where he shall note the number of Cheque
signed against the number of Passed Bills daily and the number of cheques along with Passed Bills sent to
Delivery Assistant daily. The passed bills along with the printed cheques shall be sent to the Delivery
Counter for delivery of the cheques. The Delivery Assistant shall count the number of Cheques received
along with number of bills and sign in a register maintained by the Cheque Writer for the purpose.
(ii) Where a cheque is not encashable before first of the following month or certain other day, an enfacement
with the words Not payable before first proximo or Not payable before _________ shall be affixed
on the cheque by the Addl. Treasury Officer/Cheque Writer.
(iii) Before delivering a cheque, the Delivery Assistant shall take back the paper token, verify the number with
the token number affixed on the bill and also collect a receipt in Form as shown in Annexure-I, signed by
the D.D.O. as well as by the messenger, who has been authorised to collect the cheque. The Delivery
Assistant shall satisfy himself about the genuineness of the payee and the messenger before effecting delivery
of the cheques. The delivery of cheques shall be done through the computer system only. He shall stamp
the voucher as Cheque Delivered & Paid and note the Voucher Number on the bills with his dated initials
to indicate that the cheques have been delivered. The Delivery Assistant shall deliver the Cheque at the
earliest and shall not hold those cheques unnecessarily. The paid vouchers shall then be transmitted to the
Accounts Section from the Cheque Section along with Annexure-J-1. The delivery clerk must generate the
Annexure J through the computer other wise the accounts will not be generated. The paper token shall be
preserved upto six month after the delivery of the cheque.
(iv) The Delivery Assistant shall return the Objection Bill to the Drawing & Disbursing Officer or his authorised
person against surrender of Token without any delay and such delivery of Objection Bill must be made
through computer.
(v) The Delivery Assistant shall generate through computer a D.D.O.-wise Statement of Cheque issued during
the month in duplicate for each D.D.O. in each month. He shall deliver the two copies of the Monthly
Statement to the concerned D.D.O. After verification of the Statement by the D.D.O., one copy of the
Statement signed by the D.D.O. should be sent to Treasury.
(14) Daily closing of accounts at the delivery counter:
The Delivery Assistant shall maintain a register daily, recording therein the Opening Balance of numbers of
undelivered Cheques and Bills, numbers of Cheques and Bills received during the day for delivery, number
of cheques delivered during the day with number of vouchers and closing balance of undelivered cheques
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and bills. At the end of the day, the Delivery Assistant shall generate from computer, an account of
cheques received and delivered during the day and the number of undelivered cheques and Bills at the end
of the day. He shall also physically count the undelivered cheques and bills and verify it with the register. He
will also physically count the delivered vouchers and verify it with the computer generated Report (Annexure-
J-1). Any discrepancy in this account (i.e. undelivered Cheques or delivered Vouchers) should be reported
by the Delivery Assistant to the Additional Treasury Officer immediately. The Additional Treasury Officer
will take necessary corrective step as required. He will also hand over all these documents with undelivered
cheques to the Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) / Cheque Writer for scrutiny and acceptance. The Addl.
Treasury Officer (Cheque) / Cheque Writer shall retain all bills and undelivered cheques received from
Delivery Assistant under double lock.
(15) Transmission of Vouchers to the Accounts Section: The Addl. Treasury Officer (Cheque) / Cheque Writer
shall send all vouchers along with copy of Summary List of Cheques Delivered (Annexure J-1) in duplicate
to the Accounts Section. The Accounts Section will sign with date one copy of Annexure J-1 as a token of
receipt of the Vouchers. The cheque section shall preserve the Annexure J-1 for a period of one year.
Annexure-J shall also be generated from the system.
4. Account of paid vouchers in the Accounts Section:
(1). Closing of the Treasury Accounts for a Day:
(i) After receiving of the vouchers from the cheque section along with the Summary of Cheques Delivered as
per Annexure-J-1, the Compilation Section shall verify whether they have received the correct number of
vouchers as shown in the Annexure-J-1. The Accountant/Dy. Accountant shall then arrange to sort the
Vouchers according to the Major Head of Account. Then he will arrange to generate the Daily Subsidiary
Register of all the Heads and will arrange for checking of the vouchers with the Subsidiary Register with
reference to Payment head of accounts (upto 17/19 digits), Name of the DDO, Net amount, Gross
Amount, By Transfer Deduction Head of Accounts (14 digits) and deduction amount. If any mistake is
found, the concerned Dealing Assistant shall bring it to the notice of the Accountant/ Dy. Accountant and
arrange to rectify the mistake through computer system by the Treasury Officer/ Addl. Treasury Officer.
The concerned Assistant of the Compilation Section shall then sign the Subsidiary Register as Checked
and found correct.
(ii) After receiving of the Bank Scroll (Receipt and Payment) along with the Challans, Paid Cheques and Bank
Vouchers from the Bank the Accountant/ Dy. Accountant shall at first verify those instruments with Bank
Scroll. If any discrepancy is found, he shall bring it to the notice of the Treasury Officer without any delay.
The Treasury Officer shall immediately take necessary step, if necessary take up the matter with the Bank.
The Accountant/ Dy. Accountant shall then arrange to sort the Challans and paid cheques of the different
Deposit Account (Other than Treasury Cheques) according to the Head of account. He shall arrange to
make necessary entry of the Challans, paid cheques of the different Deposit Accounts, PWD/Forest
Cheques, Paid Treasury cheques and Bank Vouchers in the computer system. After recording all the
entries in the computer, the Accountant will arrange for verification of the correctness of the entries with
reference to bank scroll and computer generated report.
(iii) After completion of the above two steps the Accountant will arrange to generate the Receipt Summary
and Payment Summary of the day. The Payment Summary will show the head of account (in major
head of account upto the major head 6000 and in scheme head of account if the major head is above
6000), number of vouchers against each heads of account, the total Treasury gross amount, total net
amount and the total By-transfer amount, 8670-Paid Treasury Cheques and the 8675-RBD-Reserve
Bank Deposit (if any). The Receipt Summary will show the head of account up to scheme head, the
amount received through Bank, through By-Transfer and the total receipt under the head, 8670-Treasury
Cheque Issued and the 8675-RBD-Reserve Bank Deficit (if any). The accountant shall verify the correctness
of the head wise total of the Summary Sheets with reference to Daily Subsidiary Register, 8670- Treasury
Cheques Issued (in the Receipt Summary) from the Annexure J / Annexure-J-1 and the 8670-Paid
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Treasury Cheques (in the Payment Summary) from the list of paid cheques through computer and also
from the bank scroll, the 8675- RBD figure with the Bank Pass book and the Grand Total of Receipt
Summary and Grand Total of Payment Summary. The Total of Receipt Summary and Total of Payment
Summary must be same in all cases. If all the figures agree then he shall submit the Summary Sheets to the
Treasury/Additional Treasury officer for final approval. Treasury Officer shall verify the figures with reference
to 8670-Treasury Cheques and 8675-RBD and the total of Receipt Summary and Payment Summary.
He shall sign the Summary Sheets as a token of approval. In case of any difference in the Treasury RBD
figure with the Bank Pass Book, if the mistake is on the part of the Bank, the Treasury Officer shall
immediately bring it to the notice of the Link Bank Branch by issuing a Memorandum of Error (as
mention in Appendix-21) and arrange to rectify the mistake through Bank but if the mistake is on the part
of the Treasury, the Treasury Officer will arrange to rectify the mistake at Treasury. The Treasury Officer
should meet up all the difference in the RBD figure locally. The Accountant shall then arrange to write the
Cash Book manually in the prescribed form (I.S.T-1). The Treasury officer shall then sign the Cash Book
daily.
(2) Closing of the month. (For the computerized treasuries):
The transactions of a month must positively be closed on the last working day of the month and the
monthly accounts of the treasury will be closed without fail within the next two working days after receiving
of the scroll of last working day of the previous month from the Bank. After the Cash Book has been
written for whole of the months in accordance with provisions as laid down in clause (c) of rule 2.33(B),
the Accountant/Dy. Accountant shall arrange to generate the Schedule of Charges for Payment and Receipt
of all the heads for the month from the computer. He will also arrange to generate the LIST OF
PAYMENTS and CASH ACCOUNTS and DAILY MONTHLY R.B.D., 8670-Summary of Cheques
Issued from Treasury and 8670-Summary of Paid Treasury Cheques, from the computers. He shall verify
the figures and the Heads of Accounts of the List of Payment and Cash Accounts with reference to
Schedule of Charges, RBD, Summary List of 8670 and the Plus- minus Memo of different Deposit, PF/
PL/LF and G.I.83/G.I.87 accounts. He shall also check the Grand Total of List of Payment and Cash
Account. The Grand Total of List of Payment and Cash Account must be same in all cases. He shall also
verify that all the vouchers, Challans and paid Cheques as mentioned in the List of Payment and the Cash
Accounts are properly arranged. The Treasury Officer shall verify that all the above procedure have
properly been followed with special attention to 8670- Treasury cheques, 8675-RBD and Grand Total of
List of Payment and Cash Account, he shall also personally verify the D.M.S. of the Bank with reference
to List of Payment or Cash Account, as the case may be. Any difference with the DMS will forthwith be
taken up with the Bank Authorities by issuing a Memorandum of Error (as mentioned in Appendix-21)
and after rectification of the error the VDMS will be signed by the Treasury Officer and will be sent to
Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) West Bengal along with the Monthly accounts within the
prescribed period. A Summary list of outstanding cheques should be generated and be sent with monthly
accounts to Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) West Bengal. After submission of monthly
accounts to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) West Bengal, if any mistake in that
accounts is detected, which required correction, that should be done through Correction Memo as
mentioned in Annexure-X. After sending the Correction Memo to Accountant General (Accounts and
Entitlements) West Bengal, necessary correction should be made in the computer record.
4. Advice to Banks:
The Additional Treasury Officer (Cheque) shall draw all cheques on a particular treasury-linked branch of
the Bank. The specimen signature of the officers authorised to sign cheques, shall be transmitted to the
Bank Branch by the Collector / Collector-in-Charge/ Treasury Officer and he shall also indicate the date
from which the officer will commence signing the cheques. An intimation regarding the serial number of
cheque foils brought into use shall be sent to the Bank.
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5. Pension Bills:
Where the pension is paid from the counter of the Treasury, an advice list of such payment shall be sent to
the treasury-linked Bank and after payment it should be recorded as Bank Voucher in computer.
6. Transfer Receipts:
It may be effected by issuing a simple pay order Pay by transfer credit to ______________________
(Mention Head of Account) enfaced on the Bill along with challan.
7. General:
(1) It is a statutory obligation of a treasury to ensure prompt and proper payments and receipts as also timely
rendering of correct monthly accounts to the Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlements) West Bengal.
No bill shall be kept pending in a treasury for more than five days. If a bill cannot be disposed of within five
days, the fact should be intimated to the Treasury Officer / Additional Treasury Officer with reason thereof
on the very next day.
(2) The Treasury Officer / Additional Treasury Officer, on receipt of such intimation, shall take necessary steps
for expeditious disposal of all such bills. Similarly, Cheques should be made ready on the same day or on
the very next day after passing the bill. The Treasury Officer and Additional Treasury Officer should
personally monitor the entire system. Reports, Returns and Statements which cannot be generated through
the computer system will continue to be prepared manually. The Records and Registers such as Cash
Books, RBD Register, Double Lock Register, Index Register for PPO Received must be maintained
manually. All other Reports, Returns and Statements which can be generated from the computer, the
Computer Print out Hard Copy of such Reports duly signed by Treasary officer/Additional Treasary
oficer, must be preserved in computer-file or by binding in suitable volumes.
(3) The Treasury Officer / Additional Treasury Officer shall maintain Dead Stock Register of Computer
Appliances in Annexure N. He shall also keep a Stock Register of Computer Hardware, Installation
Drivers, C.D., DAT, Floppy, Stationeries etc. in Annexure O. Log Book of Computer Hardware and
Operating System Software shall be maintained in Annexure P. Log Book of Application Software
should also be maintained in Annexure Q.
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ANNEXURE A
[See Appendix 10, Rule 1(1) of Part A and Rule 1(1) of Part B]
Register of Bills Received and Passed
Date:
Name of the D.A.
Serial Name of the Token No. Head of Net Status of the Signature of Cheque Voucher no.
No. Drawing & Account Amount Bill: Passed/ Acctt./T.O. number/numbers &
Officer with Date of Bill Objected Stage issued against Date
D.D.O. Code DA/AC/TO/CH the bill/token &
Date
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Annexure-A (with information regarding col.1 to 5) shall be generated by the Bill Receiving Assistant at the
time of distribution of Bills to the Dealing Assistant of Bill Section
Signature with Date Signature with Date:
Dealing Assistant Dealing Assistant
Bill Receiving Section Bill Section
Note: Report regarding status of the Bill(s) as mentioned in a particular Annexure-A, i.e. information regarding
Columns 6 to 9 should be updated time to time through computer for monitoring of the movement of the Bills
(Annexure-A wise) by the Treasury Officer.
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ANNEXURE A-1
[See Appendix 10, Rule 1(1) of Part A and Rule 1(1) of Part B]
Register of Bills Passed
(To be generated by the Accountant/DA for sending the Passed Bills to Cheque Section)
Sr. No. Name of the Token No. Head of Net Amount
Drawing & Account of the Bill
Officer with Token Date
D.D.O. Code
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Columns 1 to 5 should be generated through computer.
Signature with Date Signature with Date:
Accountant/DA Cheque Writer/ Dealing Assistant
Bill Section Cheque Section
180 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 14, 2005 [PART I
Annexure-A-2
Register of Objection Bill
(To be generated by the Accountant/DA for sending the objection Bills to Cheque Section)
Sr. No. Name of the Token Head of Net Date of Signature
Drawing No. & Account Amount Return of of the
Officer with & of the Bill Objection Delivery
D.D.O. Code Date Bill to D.D.O. Clerk with Date
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Columns 1 to 5 should be generated through computer.
Signature with Date Signature with Date:
Accountant/DA Cheque Writer/ Dealing Assistant
Bill Section Cheque Section
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ANNEXURE B
[See Appendix 10, Rule 2(1) of Part A]
Return Memo. (Establishment Bill) for drawing charges on account of salary,
allowances in all forms and leave travel concession
Token No.
(To be returned in original with the reply noted in the right-hand column)
Office of the Reply No.
No.
dated ____________20__ Dated __________________ 20__
No. of enclosure (in words)
To the
Your Bill of
is returned herewith for the reason stated in
No.___________________
below with the request that you will kindly remedy
the defects pointed out before re-submission and
instruct your office to avoid similar errors or omissions
in future.
Signature
Designation
for Rs.____________________
1. Not drawn in proper form.
2. Not signed by the Drawing & Disbursing
Officer
3. Contains erasures and overwritings. A fresh
bill should be submitted.
4. Contains unattested corrections/alterations at
the places marked A in red ink.
5. (a) D.D.O. Code not mentioned.
(b) Grant No, not quoted / not properly
quoted.
(c) Head of Account Code not given / not
properly given.
(d) Name of the office not mentioned.
6. The amount of the bill is not written/the
amount of the bill differs in words and figures/
the amount of the bill should be
Rs.___________ and not
Rs.______________
7. Blank spaces in the bill not marked by oblique
lines.
8. The endorsement Below Rupees
_______________________ not recorded on
the bill in red ink.
182 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 14, 2005 [PART I
9. The claim is not rounded off to whole rupee
[T.R. 4.026].
10. Standards of Financial Propriety not observed
[vide Rule 35 of West Bengal Financial Rules,
Volume I].
11. Input statement wanting/not correctly drawn
up.
12. Speci men si gnat ure of t he Drawi ng
Offi cer/Counter Signing Officer is not
received/differs with that maintained in the
office.
13. The previous Return Memo. Not enclosed.
14. The claim requires sanction of competent
authority. [vide G.O. No. 3797-F dated
20.04.1985]
15. The endorsement wanting/not in order.
16. Sanction order not endorsed to this office/not
received.
17. Allotment column not properly filled in /
allotment of fund wanting.
18. Orders of the competent authority retaining
the post or making aPension Payment
Orderintment to the post(s) have not been
received/recorded on the bill.
19. Not suPension Payment Orderrted by an
absentee statement/increment certificate.
20. Leave salary bill not prepared in accordance
with provisions of T.R.
21. Strength of the Establishment not shown in
the bill.
22. Pay & Allowances drawn for the post(s) of
______________ ____________________
exceeds sanctioned strength.
23. Certificate required for supplementary/arrear
claim not shown in the bill.
24. Nature of establishment (Whether permanent
or temporary) not shown in the bill.
25. Following document(s) is/are not attached
with bill:
(i) L.P.C. for the incumbent marked
X in red ink.
(ii) Pay Fixation Order in respect of
the incumbent(s) marked A in red
ink.
(iii) Income Tax deduction schedule,
(iv) House Rent Recovery Schedule,
(v) Festival/Pay/House-
Building/Cycle
Advance/___________ Advance
Schedule.
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(vi) P.L.I. Recovery Schedule.
(vii) Profession Tax deduction schedule
(viii) G.P.F. Schedule.
(ix) G.I.S.S. Schedule (Old / New) /
A.I.S.G.I.S. Schedule /
C.G.E.G.I.S. Schedule.
26. The following certificate(s) is/are not
enclosed:
(i) Certificate for drawal of overtime
allowance,
(ii) G.P.F. deduction certificate in
respect of Group-D Government
employee(s).
(iii) Medical Certificate of fitness,
(iv) No demands Certificate.
(v) Rent Verification Certificate.
(vi) Certificate regarding execution of
Fidelity bond.
(vii) Prescribed certificates regarding
drawal of paying the revised scales
of pay, [Rule 4 of the West Bengal
Service (Revision of pay and
Allowances Rules) 1981].
(viii) A certificate to the effect that
Profession Tax has been calculated
taking into account salary drawn
and overtime allowance/special
allowance now drawn in this bill.
27. The requisite printed certificate(s) at Item
No.(s) ___________ in the bill is/are not tick
marked and signed.
28. Compulsory deduction of G. P. Fund
subscription in case of the Govt. employee(s)
rendering more than one years service not
effected. [Note (a) below Rule 4 of the G.P.F.
(Wet Bengal Services) Rules & Finance
Department.
29. The bill contains the following
inaccuracy(ies):
(i) Deduction on account of Profession Tax
has not been made correctly.
(ii)
(iii)
30. The claim is barred by economy circular
no. ______ dated ______
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ANNEXURE B-
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________________ TO ___________________
Note This bill should be prepared in duplicate one for payment and the other as office copy.
PART A (To be filled up by Government employee)
1. Name
2. Designation
3. Pay
4. Headquarters
5. Nature and period of leave sanctioned
From __________ to _____________
6. Particulars of members of family in respect of whom the L.T.C. has been claimed.
Serial No. Name(s) Age Relationship with the
Government employee
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
7. Details of journey(s) performed by Government employee and the members of his/her family.
Departure Arrival Distance Mode of travel No. of fare Fare Remarks
Date From Date To in kms. and Ticket No Fare and paid
and by road accommodation Ticket
time used No.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rs.
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Application to Central Govt. employees on deputation adn /or All India Service Officers.
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8. Amount of advance, if any, drawn Rs.___ _____________
9. Particulars of journey(s) for which higher class of accommodation than the one to which the
Government employee is entitled, was used.
(Sanction No. and Date to be given).
Place Mode of Class to Class by No. of fares Fare paid
From To conveyance which which and Ticket
entitled actually No.
traveled
Rs. P.
10. Particulars of journey(s) performed by road between places connected by rail:
Name of Place Class to which entitled Rail Fare
From To
Rs. P.
Certified that the
1. Information, as given above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief; and
2. That my husband/wife is not employed in Government service/that my husband/wife is employed
in Government service and the concession has not been availed of by him/her separately or himself/
herself or for any of the family members for the concerned block of _______________ years.
Signature of the Government employee
Date ___________________________
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PART B (To be filled in the Bill Section)
The net entitlement on account of travelling allowance works out to Rs._____________ as detailed below:
Rs. P.
(a) Railway/air/bus/steamer fare
(b) Less amount of advance(s) if any, drawn
vide voucher(s) No. ________________
date ____________________________
______________________________________
Net amount Rs.___________________________________
(in words) Rupees __________________________only.
Allotment received Rs. __________
Progressive Expenditure Rs. __________
(including this bill)
Balance available Rs. __________
Please pay to self by open cheque /
Account Payee cheque in favour of ________ ___________________________
Bill clerk Accountant Signature of Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Countersigned
Signature of Controlling Officer
Certified that necessary entries have been made in the Service Book of
Shri/Shrimati/Miss ___________________________________________________
Signature of the Drawing &
Disbursing Officer
For use at the Treasury
Examined and entered.
Pay Rs. ________ (Rupees ___________________________) only
(in words)
as per endorsement of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Accountant/J.A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
Dated ____________20__
For use at the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs.___________________
Objected Rs.___________________ for reasons stated below.
Dated _______________20__ Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
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Travelling Allowance Bill For Tour
Note This bill should be prepared in duplicate one for payment and the other as office copy
PART A (To be filled up by Government employee)
1. Name
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4. Headquarters
5. Details and purpose of journey(s) performed
6. Residential Address
Departure Arrival Mode of travel Fare paid Distance in kms. Duration of halt Purpose of journey
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(b) Ticket/Exchange voucher arranged by Yes/No .
(ii) Rail
Whether travelled by mail/express/ordinary train
(iii) Road
Mode of conveyance used. i.e., by Government transport/by taking a taxi, a single seat in a bus or other public conveyance/by sharing with another
Government employee in a car belonging to him or to a third person to be specified,
7. Dates of absence from place of halt on account of -
(a) R.H. and C.L.,
(b) not being actually in camp on Sundays and holidays.
8. Dates on which free board and/or lodging provided by the State or any organisation financed by State funds:-
(a) Board only.
(b) Lodging only.
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board and/or lodging at scheduled tariffs.
Period of stay Name of the hotel Daily rate of lodging charged Total amount paid
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Departure Arrival Mode of conveyance Fare paid Class to which Fare of the Distance in Remarks
Date From Date To and class of and Ticket entitled entitled class Km. by road
& time & time accommodation No.
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12. Amount of T.A. advance, if any, drawn.
Certified that the information, as given above, is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
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Signature of the Government employee
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The net entitlement on account of traveling allowance works out to Rs. _______________________ as detailed below:
(a) Railways/air/bus/steamer fair Rs. _______________
(b) Road mileage for ____________kms. Rs. _______________
@ _______________________p/km.
(c) Daily allowance Rs.
(i) ______________________ days @ Rs. __________ per day. ____________
(ii) ______________________ days @ Rs. __________ per day. ____________
(iii) ______________________ days @ Rs. __________ per day. ____________
Rs._______________
(d) Actual expenses, if any Rs._______________
Gross amount Rs._______________
(e) Less amount of T.A. advance, if any, drawn vide voucher No. _____________________ Rs._______________
dated ______________ Please pay Net Amount Rs._______________
(in words) Rupees _________________________________________________ only.
Allotment Received Rs. _________________ Please pay to self by Order Cheque/Account Payee cheque
Progressive Expenditure including this bill Rs. ___________________________ in favour of _______________________________________________
Balance Available Rs._________________
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Countersigned.
Signature of the Controlling Officer
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Dated ____________20__
For use at the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs.___________________
Objected Rs.___________________ for reasons stated below.
Dated _______________20__ Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
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T.R. FORM NO. 24
[See T.R. 4.107]
Medical charges Reimbursement Bill
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________ Bill No._______________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. _________ Date________
Department/Office of ____________________________________________________
Sl. Section of Gross Claim Recovery of Net amount Remarks
No. establishment and Advance payable
name of the
incumbent with
designation (Rs.) (Rs.) (Rs.)
1 2 3 4 5 6
Net amount required for payment (in words) Rupees ___________________________________
Allotment Received Rs._________ 1. Certified that I have satisfied myself that the amount
Progressive expenditure drawn previously, with the exception of those detailed
including this bill Rs._________ below (of which the total amount has been refunded
Balance available Rs._________ by deduction from this bill), have been disbursed to the
Government employee therein named and their receipts
taken in the office copies of the bill or in a separate
acquittance roll.
2. Details of Medical charges Refunded
Section of establishment and name of incumbent with
designation _________________________
Period ____________ Amount (Rs.) ______________
3. Certified that Essentiality certificates, receipts, etc., are
appended.
Please pay to self / by order cheque / by Account Payee cheque in favour of ________________________________
Signature ___________________
Bill Clerk Accountant Designation of the D.D.O. ___________________
Passed for payment of Rs. ______________ (Rupees _________________________) only
Signature and Designation of the Competent Authority
For use at the Treasury
Examined and entered Pay Rs. ___________
(Rupees ____________________________________) only
Accountant/J.A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs. _______________________
Objected Rs. _______________________ Reasons for objection:
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
376 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 14, 2005 [PART I
T. R. FORM NO. 25
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 4.135]
D.D.O. Code ___________________ Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Grant No. ______________________ Token/T.V. No. ____________ Date _________
Head of Account Code ___________
______________________________
Bill for drawing charges initially met out of Permanent Advance
Office of the ____________________ For the month of ______20__
_______________________________
Serial No. of Description of charge and delegated power Amount
Sub-voucher under which charges incurred (in Rs.)
Total Rupees ___________________________________________
(in words)
I certify that the expenditure charged in this bill could not, with due regard to the interests of the public service, be
avoided. I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the payments entered in this bill have been duly made
to the parties entitled to receive them. Vouchers for all sums above Rs. 500 in amounts are attached to this bill. I
have, as far as possible, obtained vouchers for other sums and am responsible that they have been destroyed or so
defaced or mutilated that they cannot be used again. All work-bills are annexed.
(2) Certified that the articles detailed in the vouchers attached to the bill and in those retained in my
office have been accounted for in the Stock Register.
(3) Certified that the purchases billed for have been received in good order, that their quantities correct,
and their quality good that the rates paid for are not in excess of the accepted rates and that suitable
notes of payments have been recorded against the indents and invoices concerned to prevent double
payments,
(4) Certified that-
(a) The expenditure on conveyance hire charged in this bill in terms of Rules 3 of Appendix-11 to the
West Bengal Financial Rules, was actually incurred, was unavoidable and is within the scheduled
scale of charges for the conveyance used and
(c) The Government employee concerned is not entitled to draw travel express under the ordinary rules
for the journey, and that he is not granted any compensatory leave and does not and will not otherwise
receive any special remuneration for the performance of the duty which necessitated the journey.
(5) Certified that all Group D employees whose pay has been charged in this bill were actually entertained in
Government Service during the period concerned.
Allotment Received Rs. ____________________
PART I] THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, JUNE 14, 2005 377
Progressive Expenditure including this Bill Rs. ____________________
Balance Available Rs. ____________________
Please pay to self by Order Cheque
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature and Designation of
Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Dated _________________20__
Countersigned
Signature and Designation
(Countersignature will be necessary only
when the sub-Vouchers are not passed
for payment by the competent authority).
For use in the Treasury
Pay Rs. _______________________________ Rupees (in words) _________________________
____________________________________________ only
Examined and entered
Accountant/J.A.O.
Dated _____________20____
T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs.___________________
Objected to Rs.__________________ for reasons stated below:
Dated _____________ 20__ Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
Note: The Drawing & Disbursing Officer will be responsible for any excess of expenditure over allotment
of fund unless otherwise authorised by the Government and the amount will be recovered from his pay,
allowance etc.
T. R. FORM NO. 26
[See Explanation I below T.R. 4.135 and T.R. 4.137]
D.D.O. Code ___________________
Grant No. ______________________
Head of Account Code ___________
______________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
Bill for drawing charges relating to (a) Wages, (b) Office Expenses, (c) Payment for
professional and special services, (d) Rates & Taxes/Royalty, (e) Publications, (f)
Advertising, Sales and Publicity Expenses, (g) Hospitality Expenses/Sumptuary allowances
etc., (h) Machinery and Equipment/Tools and Plants, (i) Motor Vehicles, (j) Maintenance, (k)
Minor works, (l) Materials and Supplies, (m) Other charges and (n) Secret Service
Expenditure, etc.
Name of the Office : _______________________________________________________
Serial No. of
Sub-Voucher
Description of
charge
Authority for drawing the charge
(Viz. sanctioned under delegated
power or sanctioned by the
competent authority may be
quoted with No. and Date)
Amount
(in Rs.)
Total Rupees __________________________________________________
(In words)
I certify that the expenditure charged in this bill could not, with due regard to the interests
of the public service, be avoided. I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief the
payments entered in this bill have been duly made to the parties entitled to receive them with the
exceptions noted below, which exceed the balance of the permanent advance and will be paid on
receipt of the money drawn in this bill. Vouchers for all sums above Rs. 500/- in amount are
attached to this bill, I have, as far as possible, obtained vouchers for other sums and am
responsible that they have been destroyed or so defaced or mutilated that they cannot be used
again. All work bills are annexed. Further certified that undisbursed amounts on bills drawn three
months previous this date is being refunded by short drawal.
.
2. Certified that the articles detailed in the vouchers attached to the bill and in ~hose retained in
my office have been accounted for in the Stock Register.
3. Certified that the purchases billed for have been received in good order, that their quantities
correct, and their quality good, that the rates paid for are not in excess of the accepted rates and
that suitable notes of payments have been recorded against the indents and invoices concerned to
prevent double payments.
4. Certified that-
(a) The expenditure on conveyance hire charges in this bill in terms nf Rule 3 of Appendix II
to the Bengal Financial Rules, was actually incurred, was unavoidable, and is within the
scheduled scale of charges for the conveyance used, and
(b) The Government employee concerned is not entitled to draw \ravel expenses under the
ordinary rules for the journey, and does not and will not otherwise receive any special
remuneration for the performance of the duty, which necessitated the journey.
5. Certified that all Group D employees whose pay has been charged in this bill were actually
entertained in Government Service during the/period concerned and amount drawn on bills
one month previous to this dale has been paid to the person concerned.
Allotment Received Rs. ____________________
Progressive Expenditure including this Bill Rs. ____________________
Balance Available Rs. ____________________
Signature and Designation of
Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Dated _________________20__
Countersigned
Signature and Designation
(Countersignature will be necessary only when the D.D.O. has not the financial power to incur
the charge. The officer countersigning the bill must be sure that he has the required financial
power to sanction the expenditure. The countersignature will be treated as financial sanction.)
Pay Rs. ___________________ Rupees (in words) ______________________
___________________ to __________________________ by Account Payee Cheque/by
transfer Credit to _______________________________.
(Heads of account)
Bill Clerk Accountant Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Date ___________________20__
Station ____________________
For use in the Treasury
Pay Rs. _____________________ Rupees (in words) _________________________
____________________________________ as per above endorsement
Examined and Entered.
Accountant/ J .A.O.
T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs.____________________
Objected Rs.____________________ for reasons stated below:-
Dated ________________ 20__ Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
Note: The Drawing & Disbursing Officer will be responsible for any excess of expenditure over
allotment of fund unless otherwise authorised by the Government and the amount will be
recovered from his pay, allowance etc.
[Pink colour will be used for drawal of advance]
T. R. FORM NO. 27
[See sub-rule (1) of T.R. 4.136, sub-rules (3) and (4) of T.R. 4.138 and sub-rule (1) of T.R.5.07]
D.D.O. Code ___________________
Grant No. _____________________
Head of Account Code ___________
______________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
Bill for drawing advance without supporting Voucher
Detailed bill will be sent for countersignature by _________________________
Office of the ___________________________________________________________
Proforma invoice No.,
if any
Purpose (with description where
necessary) and quotation of
authority for drawing advance.
Amount
(in Rs.)
Total Rs. ______________________
Total Rupees (in words) _____________________________________ only
Allotment Received Rs._____________
Progressive Expenditure
including this bill Rs. ______________
Balance Available Rs. _____________ Deduct-amount disallowed by the Controlling
Officer
Vide detailed bill Rs. ____________________
No. ________________ dt. _______________
Please pay Rs. _______________
to self by Order Cheque / Accounts
Payee Cheque drawn in favour of
___________________________
Unspent or, balance of previous advance drawn
under bill No. _____________ dt.___________/
Token No. ______________ dt.____________
for Rs.
______________________________________
Net amount payable
Rs.___________________(Rupees _________
_________________________________) only/
by transfer credit to ______________________
(challan enclosed)
Bill Clerk Accountant
Date ___________20__
Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Note:- The Treasury will make payment only when there is proper authority to draw advance. The drawer
should be careful to include in the detailed bill of a month the amount of all bills drawn in advance from
the Treasury during that month. The detailed bill shall be submitted to the Treasury from which the
advance was drawn.
The Drawing & Disbursing Officer will initial the date of each payment in the
Expenditure Register and the same along with the detailed bill as also sub-Voucher is to be sent
to the Controlling Officer.
For use at the Treasury
(in words)
as per endorsement of the Drawing & Disbursing Officer/transfer
credited to ______________________________
Accountant/J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
Dated ____________20__
For use at the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs.___________________
Objected Rs.___________________ for reasons stated below.
Dated _______________20__ Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
Examined and entered. Pay Rs. ___________ (Rupees ___________________________)
Note Drawing & Disbursing Officer will be responsible for adjustment of the advance by sending
detailed bill.
Any amount drawn in excess of allotment, unless otherwise authorised by Government, may be deducted
from his pay, allowance etc.
Second advance will not be paid if first advance has not been adjusted unless the same has been allowed
by Government.
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T. R. FORM NO. 28
[See sub-rule (2) of T.R. 4.135 and sub-rule (6) of T.R. 4.138]
D.D.O. Code ___________________
Grant No. _____________________
Head of Account Code ___________
______________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
I certify that the expenditure included in
this bill could not, with due regard to the
interests of the public service, be avoided. I
have satisfied myself that the charges entered
in this bill have been really paid. Vouchers for
all items of expenditure above Rs.500/- in
amount and all work-bills are attached to the
bill. I have as far as possible, obtained
vouchers for other sums. and am responsible
that they have been so defaced or mutilated
that they cannot be used again.
Advances drawn in Bill No._____________
dated ________________
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Add-Amount of
disallowance refunded
vide Challan No. _______________
dated _______________
__________________
Total of this bill
__________________
2. Certified that all the articles detailed in the
vouchers attached to the bill and those
retained in my office have been accounted for
in the Stock Register.
3. Certified that the purchases billed for have
Detailed bill for adjustment of advance
Not payable at the Treasury
Adjusted against A.C. Bill No._______________________ dated ___________20__ drawn under
T.V./Token No. ____________ dated _______________20__.
Office of ____________________________
____________________________________
Monthly detailed adjustment bill for the month of
______________20___
Details of numbers of sub-
Vouchers
Description of charge, number, and date
of authority where special sanction is
necessary.
Amount
Rs.
______________
Total Rs.____________________
(Rupees ______________________)
Brought forward
Rs. ______________
been received in good order, that their
quantities are correct and that their qualities
are good, that the rates paid are not in excess
of the accepted and the market rates and that
suitable notes of payment have been recorded
against the indents and invoices concerned to
prevent double payments.
4. Certified that-
(a) the expenditure on conveyance hire
included in this bill was actually
incurred was unavoidable and is within
the scheduled scale of charges for the
conveyance used, and
(b) the Government employee concerned is
not entitled to draw travel expense under
the ordinary rules for the journey, and
he is not granted any compensatory
leave and does not and will not
otherwise receive any special
remuneration for the performance of the
duty, which necessitated the journey.
______________________
Allotment Received Rs. _________
Advance(s) drawn on date ______________
and date ___________ were met out of the
above allotment,
Progressive expenditure Rs.____________
(including this bill)
Balance available on the
date on which last advance
mentioned above was
drawn Rs. ____________
Bill Clerk Accountant
Signature of Drawing & Disbursing Officer
Dated ______________20__
Countersigned
Dated ______________20__ Signature of the Competent Authority
For use at the Treasury
Intimation Card issued to D.D.O. vide No. ________________ dated ______________
Accountant/J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
Dated ____________20__
For use at the Office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal /Accountant
General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted Rs.___________________
Objected Rs.___________________
Reasons for objection -
Auditor S.O./A.A.O. Audit Officer
Amounts of advances drawn on date _______________vide T.V. No.________________
date_________________ vide T.V. No. _______________date ________________
vide T.V. No. _________________ are adjusted by this bill and note of adjustment has been kept in the
relevant Advance Check Register.
D.D.O. Code ________________________________
Grant No. __________________________________
Head of Account Code _________________________
T.R. FORM NO. 29
[See sub-rule (4) of T.R. 4.138]
Advance Check Register for Contingency
Name of Office _____________________________________________________________
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16)
T.R. FORM NO. 30
[See sub-rule (3) of T.R. 4.192]
Death Case Register
Sl.
No.
Name of
the
deceased
Pensioner
/Family
Pensioner
and P.P.O.
No. with
Sl. No. of
the P.P.O.
Register
Name
of the
paying
bank
with
postal
address
Date of
death of
the
Pensioner
Month
upto
which
pension
was
paid
Amount
of total
undrawn
pension
(Rs.)
Memo.
No. and
date of
reference
made to
the Bank
for
refund
Amount
refunded
by bank
with
Cheque
No./ Draft
No. and
date
Challan
No. and
date by
which the
refund
amount
booked in
Govt. A/c.
Signature of
T.O./A.T.O.
Remarks
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
T. R. FORM NO. 31
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 4.195]
Grant-in-aid Bill
Simple Receipt Form
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
___________________________________
Bill No. ___________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. ________Date ________
Office _____________________
Received the sum of Rs. ________________ (Rupees ____________ _________________
_____________) being the grant-in-aid ____________________ __________________
for the period from __________________ to ____________________ for the purpose of
_____________________ __________________________ sanctioned by ______
__________________ in his Order No. _______________________ dated __________
______________(copy enclosed) by Account Payee Cheque in favour of _____
_________________________________.
Certified that (a) the amount of this bill was not drawn earlier and it agrees with that in the
office copy of this bill.
(b) the utilisation report in respect of the previous grant has been furnished
and accepted by the sanctioning authority,
(c) the utilisation report in respect of the present amount will be furnished to
the sanctioning authority in due course.
Station ______________________
Dated ___________________20__
Signature of Officer of the grantee organisation ___________________________
Designation ___________________________
Countersigned for Rs.__________________ (Rupees __________________ ______ ____
______ ____________) / Pay by transfer to ________________________.
Station ______________________
Dated ___________________20__
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the D.D.O. _______________________
Designation ___________________________
For use in Treasury
Examined and Entered.
Accountant /J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted for Rs.____________________
Objected to Rs. ___________________
Reason of Objection___________________
Auditor S.O./A.A.O. Audit Officer
Pay Rs. __________________ (Rupees _________________________ ______________ ___
________ _____) / by transfer /credit to ___________________________.
T. R. FORM NO. 32
[See sub-rule (1) of T.R. 4.197]
[To be attached with T.R. Form No. 31]
Consolidated Grants-in-Aid Bill / Cheque Slip
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
___________________________________
Bill No. ___________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. ________Date ________
Bill for grants-in-aid paid at the _____________________ Treasury/Kolkata Pay & Accounts
Office , for the month of _______________ 20___.
Name of School Address of
School
Name of
Paying
Bank
Account
No.
Amount
payable and
to be drawn
/credited
Remarks
1 2 3 4 5 6
Collection Charges _______________________
Total Rs. _______________________________
(Rupees _____________________________________________________)
Accountant
District Inspector of Schools, ____________
/Assistant Inspector of Schools,_____________
To
The Manager,
__________________ Bank
__________________ Branch.
The enclosed cheque for Rs. _______ (Rupees _________________________
________) is sent for favour of credit to the Special Single Name Account of Schools
mentioned above.
Date of issue of cheques :
Serial number of cheques :
Accountant/J .A.O.
Treasury Officer/ Additional
Treasury Officer/ Pay &
Accounts Officer/ Additional
Pay & Accounts Officer
T. R. FORM NO. 33
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 4.196]
Name of the Office ___________________________
Bill for scholarship/stipends payable to College/School during the month of ____________20__
(Primary, J unior High/Secondary/Higher Secondary School, J unior/Senior/Higher Madrasa, Anglo Indian, Primary/Secondary School
Scholarship to be drawn in separate bill)
D.D.O. Code ________________________________
Grant No. __________________________________
Head of Account Code _________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
(1) Name of institution ____________________________________________School/College
(2) __________________________________________ for (month and year)
(3) __________________________________________ Class of scholarship/stipend
Period of
terms
Deductions No. and date of
the order
sanctioning the
scholarship or
stipend
Name of
the
scholarship
or stipend
holder
From To
Monthly
value of
stipend or
scholarship
No. of days
absent
Cause Amount
Rs.
Amount
withheld
Rs.
Net amount
drawn
Rs.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)
Total
Deduct-
Balance
undisbursed
from last
month
Balance due
Rupees (in words) __________________________________
I hereby certify that the scholarship or stipend holder named in the
bill have been regular in attendance and have conformed with
the rules under which their scholarships or stipends are payable.
Certified also that the scholarship or stipend drawn on the last bill
with the exception of those refunded by deduction have been
paid to the proper person and their receipt taken in acquittance
rolls kept in my office.
Certified that the amount claimed in this bill was not drawn before
and both office copy and fair copy of the bill agree with each
other.
Dated ___________20__ Head of the Institution
Countersigned for Rs. __________________________
Grant for the year Rs. __________________________
Expenditure already incurred
including the present bill is Rs. ________________
Balance Available Rs. ________________
Station ________________ Signature of the authorised
Officer __________________
Dated _________________ Designation _______________
For use at the Treasury
Pay Rs.___________________(Rupees ___________ _________)
Examined and entered.
Accountant/J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
Dated ___________20__
For use in Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal's Office
Admitted for Rs. ____________
Objected to Rs. ____________
Reason for objection
Auditor S.O./A.A.O. Audit Officer
T. R. FORM NO. 34
[See sub-rule (4) of T. R. 4.199 sub-rule (1) ofT.R.4.201]
Bill for Refund of Revenue
D.D.O. Code ________________________________
Grant No. __________________________________
Head of Account Code _________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
(Deduct Refund)
Name of Office _______________________________
In whose name
credited
On what account
received
Amount
realised
/received
(in Rs.)
Date of
receipt
in
Treasury
Amount in
which
included
and head of
account to
which
credited
T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./
A.P.A.O.s signature in
token of keeping a note
of refund against
relevant entry in the
subsidiary receipt
register
Name of Payee Amount to
be refunded
(in Rs.)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Total (in words) Rupees ____________________________________________________________________________________
Certified that : (1) the order of refund has been registered and noted against the original receipt entry in the departmental
account under my dated initial.
(2) refund of the amount has not been made earlier.
Passed for payment by me under sanction issued vide Order No. ____________________________ dated ________________ by
_____________________________________________________
(Authority sanctioning the refund)
Please, pay by Order cheque/Account payee cheque drawn in favour of _________________________________.
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature and Designation of the D.D.O.
Signature of the Officer competent to sanction the refund (or a copy
of sanction order of the Government for refund is to be furnished)
Date ______________
For use at the Treasury
Pay Rs. ____________________ (Rupees _____________________________________________________________________)
Examined and Entered
Accountant/J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted ___________________
Objected ___________________ for reasons stated below:
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
T. R. FORM NO. 35
[See sub-rule (4) of T.R. 4.201]
Refund of deposit on account of cost price of country spirit, ganja and bhang supplied under contract system
D.D.O. Code ________________________________________
Grant No. ___________________________________________
Head of Account Code ________________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
Head of Service chargeable Deposit on account of cost price
of liquor, ganja and bhang
Month
in
which
deposi
ted
Name
of
Treasur
y
where
deposit
ed with
Challan
No.
date
and
amount
On
what
account
deposit
ed
Name of
the
contract
or to
whom
the
refund is
due
Amo
unt
(in
Rs.)
Initial of Superintendent
of Excise in token that he
has noted the refund in
the departmental
accounts
Certificate of
note of payment
by Treasury
Officer
Certified that I have noted
these refunds in the
departmental accounts and
that no previous order of
refund has been passed.
2. Also certified that the
statement relating to the
transactions of the last
month showing the un-
refunded cost price
brought forward. The total
Certified that I
have debited the
amount of
Rs.______ in
the Register in
Pr. A.G.
(A&E), W.B.
Form 107 as
refund of
deposit on
Receive
contents
(Re. 1
revenue
stamp is to
be affixed, if
amount
exceeds Rs.
500/-)
Total
amount deposited by
vendors, the amount
refunded during the month
and the closing balance has
already been submitted to
the Treasury for necessary
verification.
Superintendent of Excise
account of cost
price of liquor,
ganja and
bhang.
Treasury
Officer
Signature
of Licensee
Pay Rs. _________________ (Rupees ______________________________________________) only
Examined and Entered.
Accountant/J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted ___________________
Objected ___________________ for reasons stated below:
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
T. R. FORM NO. 36
[See T.R. 5.03]
Name of the office _____________________________________________________
Bill for drawing charges on account of loans and advances, subsidies, investments, etc.
D.D.O. Code ___________________________
Grant No. ______________________________
Head of Account Code ___________________
____________________________
Bill No. ____________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _______ Date _______
Received the sum of Rs. ____________ (Rupees _________________________
___________ ________________ _____________________ _______________) being the
_________________ _________________________ _____________ _________
sanctioned by ___________________________________
Vide Order No. ______________________ Dated _______________(Copy enclosed) for the
purpose of _____________________________________________________________.
Certified that: (a) amount claimed in this bill was not drawn before and the total of office
copy agrees with fair copy of bill, (b) the utilisation report, in respect of the previous
loans/advances/subsidies/investments/drawn, has been furnished and accepted by the
sanctioning authority, (c) utilisation report in respect of the present amount will be furnished
to the sanctioning authority / Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal in due
course.
Please pay by account payee cheque drawn in favour of me/by transfer credit to the
Deposit/L.F. Account________________________________________.
Signature of the Loanee ____________________________
Designation ____________________________
Countersigned for Rs. __________________________ (Rupees ______________
_________________ ______________________ ________________). The
grant/allotment under head is Rs.___________________________. Amount already spent
including this bill is Rs. _______________________
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the D.D.O. ______________________________
Designation______________________
Place :
Date:
(Title of the Deposit Account Challan enclosed)
For use in the Treasury
Examined and entered.
Accountant /J.A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in Accountant General (Audit), West Bengals Office
Admitted for Rs.____________________
Objected to Rs. ___________________
Reason of Objection___________________
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
*
Strike out which is not applicable.
*
Pay Rs. _________________________ (Rupees ________________ __________ __________) issue
Account Payee cheque in favour of Shri/Smt._____________________ Designation
______________________ / by transfer credit to ________________________.
Note: This form is mainly intended for payment of loans and advances, investment in share capital/
debenture, subsidies etc. to Municipalities and Municipal Corporations, Panchayati Raj Institutions
and other bodies declared as local fund under T. R. 5.05, to companies registered under Indian
Companies Act, 1961, Co-operative Societies, Statutory Corporations and other bodies when bill is
drawn by the nominated Officer as mentioned in the relevant sanction order.
T. R. FORM NO. 37
[See T. R. 5.03 and T.R. 5.10]
Bill for drawing loans and advances (other than G.P.F. and Festival advances)
sanctioned to employees of the Government
Name of the Office ________________________________________
D.D.O. Code ___________________
Grant No. ______________________
Head of Account Code ___________
______________________________
Bill No. ___________________ Date ________
Token/T.V. No. _____________ Date ________
Received a sum of Rs. _________________
(Rupees____________________________)
(in words)
on account of loan/advance sanctioned in favour
of Shri/Smt. ___________________
_____________________________________ for
the purpose of ____________ ______
____________ ________________________
Designation ______________ ____________
Vide Order No. ___________________ dated
______________________ issued by ______
_____________________________________
(Name of the issuing Authority)
Allotment Received ___________________
Progressive Expenditure including this bill
___________________________________
___________________________________
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the D.D.O.___________________
Designation___________________
Certified that: (a) amount claimed in this bill was not drawn before and the total of offices copy
agrees with the fair copy of the bill and (b) the utilisation report in respect of loan/advance will be
furnished to the sanctioning authority in due course. (c) the fact has been noted in the Service Book of
the employee concerned, (d) the drawal has been noted in the Pay Bill Register.
For use in the Treasury
Examined and entered.
Accountant /J .A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in the Office of the Accountant General (Audit), West Bengal
Admitted for Rs.____________________
Objected to Rs. ___________________
Reason of Objection___________________
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
Pay Rs. _________________________ (Rupees ________________ __________
__________) only by Order Cheque / Account Payee cheque in favour of
Shri/Smt. _____________________ Designation ______________________
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
T.R. FORM NO. 38
[See T.R. 5.04]
Schedule of recovery of Loans and Advances / Interest on Loans and Advances
Office of the ___________________________________
Amount recovered Sl.
No.
Name of the
employee &
designation
Identification
Number, if
any
Salary
head of
Account
No. of
instalments
Principal Interest
Remarks
N.B. : 1. In case of transfer from previous office and if there is any change of salary head of Account,
the previous salary head of account may be quoted in the Remarks column.
2. Name of the Accounts Officer who maintains the Loan Account ________________
_________________________________.
3. In case of Central Government employees on deputation from the office of the Accountant
General of this State or any other State the Head of Account may be indicated as 8658 -
Suspense Account 00 101 PAO Suspense PAO (Audit), Kolkata.
4. In case of other Central Government Civil employees on deputation, the Head of Account
may be indicated as 8658 Suspense Account 00 101 PAO Suspense (Name of
the concerned Ministry).
5. In case of Railway employees on deputation, the Head of Account may be indicated as
8658 Suspense Account 00 102 Suspense Account Civil (FA & CAO of the
concerned Railway).
6. In case of other State Government employees on deputation, the Head of Account may be
indicated as 8793 Inter-State Suspense Account 00 101 (Name of the concerned
State).
Certified that the amount recovered from the salary for the month of _________________
payable on 1
st
of _____________________ is as terms and conditions of loan.
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the D.D.O.
For use in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal
Noted in the Broadsheet ______________________________.
Accountant S.O./A.A.O.
T.R. FORM NO. 39
[See sub-rule (8) of T.R. 6.08]
D.D.O. Code No. ________________________________
Head of Account Code ____________________________
Authority No. __________________ date ______________ of
opening the Account
P. F. Deposit Account Register of ___________________________(name of operator / Institution)
Name of Account ____________________ (e.g. Deposit Account for P.F. Deposits of _________________ University etc.)
DEPOSITS WITHDRAWALS
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[To be maintained by Treasury/Pay & Accounts Office.]
Note :
1. As soon as any transfer of payment is made through a Bill, the T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O. shall under his
dated signature record the amount deposited by Transfer Credit against Column No. 3 and progressive balance
worked out.
2. As and when any cheque is authorised for payment, particulars of payment will be recorded simultaneously
with enfacement on the cheque with the pay order.
The date of encashment of the cheque will be recorded as and when the cheque is returned by the Bank to
Treasury.
T.R. FORM NO. 40
[See sub-rule (2) of T.R. 6.09 and T.R. 6.31,]
Administrator Code _____________________
Head of Account Code __________________
Authority No. ________________________
Date ___________ of Opening the Account
Name of the Administrator _________________________________________________________
for the month of_________________20__
Receipts Payments
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Ledger / Pass Book of Local Fund Account / Personal Deposit Account / Provident Fund Account
(Consolidated)
Daily Receipts and Payments from the Deposit Account
T.R. FORM NO. 41
[See Sub-rule (2) of T.R. 6.09 and T.R. 6.31]
Administrator Code _____________________
Head of Account Code __________________
Authority No. ________________________
Date ___________ of Opening the Account
N
Name of the Administrator _________________________________________________________
for the month of_________________20__
Receipts Payments
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(11) (12) (13) (14)
Scheme-wise Ledger of Local Fund Account / Personal Deposit Account / Provident Fund Account
Daily Receipts and Payments from the Deposit Account
on Account of _______________________________________ (name of the Scheme)
Scheme Code ________________________________________
(use separate page for separate Scheme )
T. R. FORM NO. 42
[See T. R. 6.12]
Deposit Repayment Order and Bill Form
Name of the Office ___________________________
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________
Date________
Original Challan No. __________________
Date of Deposit _______________________
In this space a translation of the receipt form
into the current vernacular should be given
Name of Depositor __________________
_________________________________
Amount originally deposited
_____________ Rupees
______________________________
Received this ___ day of ___________20__
the sum of Rupees ____________
________________ being the amount payable
_______________ on account of the deposit
described above by order cheque / Account
Payee cheque in favour of
__________________________________.
Certified that the amount claimed in this bill
was not drawn before.
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature &
designation of
the D.D.O.
Passed for payment to
__________________________
Rs._________________ (Rupees
__________________________________
_____.
Judge, Magistrate or Collector or other
Officer.
Station ______________ date ____________
For use at the Treasury
Pay Rs.______________(Rupees __________________________) only
Examined and entered
Accountant/J .A.O. T.O./A. T. O./P.A.O./A. P.A.O.
Station ___________________
Dated ______________ 20__
For use in the Office of the A.G.(Audit), West Bengal
Admitted for Rs. __________________
Objected to Rs. ___________________ for reasons stated below.
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
T. R. FORM NO. 43
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 6.14]
Transfer Credit Bill Form
Name of the Office ___________________________
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No._____________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. _______ Date________
Sl.
No.
Particulars G.O. No. & Date Amount
Please pay by transfer credit to __________________________________________________
___________________ (head of account)
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the D.D.O.
Designation ___________
For use in the Treasury
Examined and entered.
Accountant /J.A.O. T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use in Accountant General (Audit), West Bengals Office
Admitted for Rs.____________________
Objected to Rs. ___________________
Reason of Objection___________________
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
Pay Rs. _________________________ (Rupees ________________ __________ __________) only
by transfer credit to __________________________________________.
T.R. FORM NO. 44
[See sub-rule (3) of T.R. 6.16]
Statement of Lapsed Revenue / Civil / Criminal Deposits of
____________________ Treasury for the year 20__ to 20__
Particulars of Deposit
For use in the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E),
West Bengal
Refund Order Year Number Balance
Lapsed
(Rs.)
Number Date
Amount of
refund
Sanctioned
(Rs.)
Initials Remarks
Please pay Rs.___________________________ by
transfer credit to 0075-00-101-Unclaimed Deposits-
27-Other Receipts
Collector/Collector-in-Charge of Treasury
___________________________________________________________________________
For use at the Treasury
Examined & Entered
Accountant/J.A.O.
Pay Rs.___________________________ by transfer
credit to 0075-00-101-Unclaimed Deposits-27-
Other Receipts
T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
For use at the office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal
Adjusted vide Transfer Entry No. ______________ dated ______________
Accountant S.O./A.A.O.Audit Officer
T. R. FORM NO. 45
[See sub-rule (2) of T.R. 6.14, T.R. 6.18 and 6.19]
Refund of lapsed deposits Application and Bill Form
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________
Date________
Name of the Office __________________________________
To
The Pr. Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal/
The Pay & Accounts Officer-I, Kolkata/
The Pay & Accounts Officer-II, Kolkata/
The Treasury Officer, _______________
Sir,
The following refunds of lapsed deposits aggregating Rupees ______________
________________ (in words) have been claimed by _________________________ about
whose identity and title to the money I have satisfied myself. I request that the amount may
be refunded.
Particulars of
original deposit
Class of
Deposits
Challan
No.
Date
Balance
credited to
Government
Date of
lapsed
statement
Amount
claimed
Remarks
Rs. Rs.
Station ________________________
Dated ________________ 20 ______
Signature of the
Competent Authority
For use in the Office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal
Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengals Office No. _________________ date
________________20__
Sanctioned Rs. ______________ (Rupees______________________________) only.
Signature of Accounts Officer
(Space for revalidation)________________
Please pay Rs. ______________ (Rupees _______________________________) only by
order cheque / Account payee cheque in favour of _______________________________.
Certified that the amount claimed in this bill was not drawn before.
For use in the Treasury
___________________________________________________________________________
For use in the Office of the A.G.(Audit), West Bengal
Admitted for Rs. __________________
Objected to Rs. ___________________ for reasons stated below.
Auditor S.O./A.A.O./Audit Officer
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of the D.D.O.
Pay Rs. ____________ (Rupees ___________________________________) only by cheque in
favour of ______________________________________ (party) credit verified and note of refund
kept in the Register.
Accountant/ J.A.O. T.O./A. T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
Note :- T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O. are competent to make refund of lapsed deposit in respect of
which detailed accounts are maintained and credit can be verified at their end. If credit cannot be
verified the refund of lapsed deposit will be made on the order of the Principal Accountant General
(A&E), West Bengal.
Received payment
[Stamped Receipt]
Note :- In case Drawing & Disbursing Officer collects the payment from the Treasury, the
acknowledgement will be taken from the payee at the time of actual payment made either
by cheque or in cash.
T. R. FORM NO. 46
[See sub-rule (2) of T. R. 6.39]
CERTIFICATE OF GENERAL PROVIDENT FUND DEDUCTIONS
IN RESPECT OF GROUP D EMPLOYEES
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
Certified that an amount of Rs. ____________ (Rupees ___________________
_______________) as per following break-up have been deducted as General Provident
Fund Deductions in respect of Group D employees claimed in this bill payable on
1
st
____________________ under the head of account __________________________
__________________ (salary head of account).
No. of Group D
employees
Amount of
monthly
subscription
Amount of
refund of
withdrawals
Total
(2)+(3)
Remarks
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of D.D.O__________________________
Date_____________ Designation__________________________
T. R. FORM NO. 47
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 6.39]
SCHEDULE OF GENERAL PROVIDENT FUND DEDUCTIONS
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
Important Instructions :
(1) This form should not be used for transactions of other Provident Funds for which
Form No. T. R. 48 has been provided. The Account Numbers should be arranged in
serial order.
(2) In the remarks column, give reasons for discontinuance of subscriptions, such as
Proceeded on leave Transferred to ______________________ Office
_______________________ Districts Quitted Service", "Died" or Discontinued
under Rule 7.
(3) In the remarks columns write description against every new name, such as
"______________________ subscriber", "came on transfer from _____ ___
_______________Office, __________________ District", "Resumed subscription".
(4) Separate Schedule should be prepared in respect of persons whose Account
Numbers are prefixed by different alphabetical abbreviation.
(5) In case of Central Government employees on deputation from the office of the
Accountant General of this State or any other State the Head of Account may be
indicated as 8658 - Suspense Account 00 101 PAO Suspense PAO (Audit),
Kolkata.
(6) In case of other Central Government Civil employees on deputation, the Head of
Account may be indicated as 8658 Suspense Account 00 101 PAO
Suspense (Name of the concerned Ministry).
(7) In case of Railway employees on deputation, the Head of Account may be indicated
as 8658 Suspense Account 00 102 Suspense Account Civil (FA &
CAO of the concerned Railway)..
(8) In case of other State Government employees on deputation, the Head of Account
may be indicated as 8793 Inter-State Suspense Account 00 101 (Name of
the concerned State).
Arrange the Account Numbers in serial order. If interest is paid in advance mention it in the
remarks column.
Office of the __________________________________ (here write the designation of the
drawing officer and station).
Deductions made from the salary of__________________ payable on 1
st
__________________________ Name of Accounts Officer who maintains these
Accounts.
Refund of
withdrawals
Account
No.
Name Pay or
/and
leave
salary
this
month
Salary
Head of
Account
Monthly
subscription
Amount No. of
install-
ments
Total
realised
Remarks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Rs. Rs. Rs.
___________________________________________________________________________
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of D.D.O__________________________
Date_____________ Designation__________________________
For use in the Office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West
Bengal
Voucher _____________________ Date of encashment _________________________
(1) Certified that the name, amounts of individual deductions and the total showing
Column 8 have been checked with reference to the bill, as per M.S.O. (A&E).
(2) Certified that the rates of pay as shown in Column 3 have been verified with the
amounts actually drawn in the bill.
Dated initials of the Accountant
Total : Rs._____________________(Rupees ______________________________________)
T. R. FORM NO. 48
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 6.39]
Schedule of* Provident Fund Deductions
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
Important Instructions :
(1) This form should not be used for transactions of General Provident Fund for which Form T.
R. 47 has been provided. The Account Numbers should be arranged in serial order.
(2) In Column 1 quote Account Numbers unfailingly. The guide letters e.g., Cy (for
Contributory Provident Fund), should be invariably prefixed to Account Numbers.
(3) In the remarks column, give reasons for discontinuance of subscriptions such as
Proceeded on leave, Transferred to ________________________ Office
__________________ District, Quitted Service, Died or Discontinued under Rule 7.
(4) In the remarks column write description against every new name such as New
Subscriber, Came on transfer form __________________ Office ______________
District, Resumed Subscription.
(5) Separate schedules should be prepared in respect of persons
whose accounts are prefixed by different alphabetical abbreviation.
Office of the ____________________________ (here write the
designation of the drawing officer and station).
Arrange the
Account
Numbers in serial
order.
Deductions made from the salary for _______________ payable on
1
st
____________________ 20___.
Name of Account Officer who maintains these accounts
_________________ (see instructions).
If interest is paid
on advance
mention it in the
remarks column.
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withdrawals
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Total Rs. ____________ (Rupees ________________________________) Only
*Please fill in the Name of the Provident Fund
Bill Clerk Accountant Dated signature of D.D.O.
Designation ___________________
For use in the Office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal
Voucher No. ____________________ Date of encashment ______________
(1) Certified that the name, amounts of individual deductions and total shown in
column 8 have been checked with reference to the bill, as per M.S.O.(A&E).
(2) Certified that the rates of pay as shown in Column 3 have been verified with the
amount actually drawn in the bill.
Dated initial of the Accountant.
T. R. FORM NO. 49
[See sub-rule (1) of T. R. 6.39]
Schedule of deductions on account of subscription to Post Office Life Insurance
Fund for the month of ________________20__
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
Office _____________________ Department__________________
No. of
Policy
Name of
Subscriber
Period of
pay bill
Salary
Head of
Account
Rate of
Premium
Amount
Recovered
Remarks
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
Total Rs. ______________(Rupees ________________________________) only
Bill Clerk Accountant Signature of D.D.O. __________________
Designation _________________________
Station ________________
Dated ________________
T. R. FORM NO. 50
[See sub-rule (1) (a) of T. R. 6.41 and sub-rule (1) of T.R. 6.43]
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
Name and
designation
of
subscriber
and pay
General
Provident
Fund
Account
No.
No. and date
of sanction/
letter
authority
Nature of withdrawal
Final payment
/Refundable Advance/
Non-refundable
Advance*
Amount
Rs.
Acquittance
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
Amount required for payment (in words) Rupees ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Head of account from which the salary is drawn.
(*Strike out whichever is not applicable)
Certified that: (a) amount claimed in this bill was not drawn before and the total of office
copy agrees with fair copy of bill.
Pay to self/_________________ by
order/Account Payee cheque in favour of
_______________________________.
Bill Clerk Accountant
Signature & designation of the D.D.O
Station ______________________
Dated __________________ 20__
Pay Rs. _________________________
(Rupees _____________________________
____________________________________)
Examined and entered
Accountant/ J .A.O.
T.O./A.T.O./P.A.O./A.P.A.O.
[For use in the Principal Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal]
(1) Certified that the name, amount of withdrawal have been checked with reference to
the bill as per M.S.O.(A&E),.
(2) Certified that the rate of pay as shown in column (1) has been verified with the
amounts actually withdrawn in the bill.
Date ___________________ Accountant S.O./A.A.O.
Bill for withdrawing Final Payment / Refundable Advance / Non-Refundable Advance* from
General Provident Fund of Shri/Smt. _________________ _____________ ________ __________
the establishment of the ___________________ ____________ ___________ ________ of the month
of ________________________20__.
T.R. FORM NO. 51
[See T. R. 6.46]
RECEIPTED BILL UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES GROUP INSURANCE SCHEME, 1980
D.D.O. Code ________________________
Grant No. ___________________________
Head of Account Code ________________
Bill No.___________ Date________
Token/T.V. No. ___________ Date________
Received the sum of Rs. ________ (Rupees _________________________) being
the total of entitlement of Rs. ____________ from the Insurance
Group
A/B/C/D under the Central Government Employees Group Insurance Scheme, 1980.
Date
Signature(s) of Recipient(s)
(Name in Block Capital)
belonged _____________________________
Designation ________________________________________________________________ Name of
State on whose cadre borne _____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________.
Date
Signature(s) of Recipient(s)
(Name in Block Capital)
PART II
Endorsement to be recorded by the Designated Drawing Officer of State/Union Territory or by
D.D.O. of concerned Central Ministry / Department in respect of an officer on deputation to Centre.
(a) Date on which the officer became a member of the Scheme _______
(b) Description of the event (retirement, resignation, death, etc., and date thereof
____________________)
(c) Countersigned for payment of Rs. _________ (Rupees _____________________) to
claimant(s). Crossed cheque/demand draft to be issued in favour of claimant(s).
Signature ____________________
Date ________________________
Designation of D.D.O.__________
Government of ________________
PART III
Endorsement to be recorded by the D.D.O. of Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms.
Certified that the above details (including entitlement under Savings Fund) have been verified
and found to be correct.
Signature ____________________
Date ________________________
D.D.O., D.P.&A.R._____________
PART IV
FOR USE IN TREASURY
Passed for payment of Rs. __________(Rupees_________________________)
Payment through Cheque(s) No(s). ____________________ date ____________